Raul de Souza

A documentary on Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza who, since 1996, has lived in Paris and suffers because he goes unnoticed, unrewarded in his native land. With the sound of his trombone for a background, the film takes him back to Bangu, in Rio de Janeiro, and retraces his trajectory.

Documentaire sur la musique brésilienne vers 1969, avec des scènes rarissimes, comme l'unique séquence couleur de Pixinguinha, des images de João da Baiana, l'un des pères de la Samba, Maria Bethânia répétant à la discothèque Barroco, Baden Powell jouant de sa guitare acoustique, Paulinho da Viola montrant son chef-d'œuvre "Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega", qu'il venait de terminer, et Márcia, une chanteuse de São Paulo. Ce documentaire se déroule pendant l'hiver 1969. Pierre Barouh retrouve son ami Baden Powell à Rio de Janeiro. Ensemble ils se promènent dans la baie à la rencontre des pères du Samba, João da Baiana, Pixinguinha et de leurs disciples, Maria Bethania, Paulinho da Viola, afin de témoigner de la vitalité de la culture carioca sous l’étau de la dictature militaire.

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.

A documentary on Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza who, since 1996, has lived in Paris and suffers because he goes unnoticed, unrewarded in his native land. With the sound of his trombone for a background, the film takes him back to Bangu, in Rio de Janeiro, and retraces his trajectory.