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Amália
Overview
You already know the legendary singer. For the first time, you'll get to know the woman behind the myth. The story of singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.
Director and cast
- Carlos Coelho da Silva Director
- Sandra Barata Belo as Amália
- Ricardo Carriço as César Seabra
- José Fidalgo as Francisco da Cruz
- António Pedro Cerdeira as Ricardo Espírito Santo
- Sofia Grillo as Espírito Santo's wife
- Ricardo Pereira as Eduardo Ricciardi
- Adriano Carvalho as Sebastião Lima
- Carla de Sá as Natália Correia
- João Didelet as Ary dos Santos
- André Maia as Alain Oulman
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