Description: Mika Kaurismaki's documentary film, Brasileirinho pays tribute to choro, the overlooked but very important musical style which forms the basis for Brazilian bossa, samba, and more. Content is from the website's 2005 archived pages and other outside sources
This was the official website for Mika Kaurismaki's documentary film, Brasileirinho which pays tribute to choro, the overlooked but very important musical style which forms the basis for Brazilian bossa, samba, and more. Kaurismaki adopts a very simple style, intercutting interviews with his subjects with footage of their improvisation sessions and more formal concert footage. The infectious quality to the music is wahat maintains the film's momentum and which, hopefully, will ignite for the rest of the wor
A Mika Kaurismaki film ©2005 Switzerland - Finland - Brazil, 90 minutes, 35 mmn
Choro, Chorinho, Chorão