Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
Brazil. 2010. Dir.: Georges Gachot. Digital projection. 85 min.
Documentary about Brazilian music. Original Portuguese version with English subtitles
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This film is dedicated to Nana Caymmi, one of Brazil's most
sophisticated singers and her leading role in the Brazilian music world
in the last 50 years. Nana Caymmi is the guardian of an unrivaled
musical heritage. She is the daughter of iconic composer Dorival Caymmi,
former lover of Gilberto Gil, muse of Milton Nascimento, and childhood
friend of Nelson Freire and seen by her peers as Brazil's greatest
singer and cited by journalist Roberto Moura as "The singer's singer".
Director: Georges Gachot
| Editor: Ruth Schläpfer | Artist Coordinator: Marcia Corban
| Art Direction: Pio Corradi, Matthias Kälin | Producer: Georges Gachot
| Production Company: Gachot Films | With: Maria Bethânia, Erasmo Carlos, Dori Caymmi.
Awards and festivals:
This film is presented in several international festivals in 2010 and
2011:
17 Victory Cinema Video Festival, Espirito Santo, Brazil, 2010
Amazon Film Festival, Manaus, Brazil 2010
34 Mostra de São Paulo, Brazil, 2010
DocBsAs 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina
VIFF (Vancouver International Film Festival), Canada, 2010
International Festival of Rio, Brazil, 2010
28th International Film Festival Jerusalem, Israel, 2011
Minneapolis Film Festival, USA, 2O11
International Moves and Music Festival, Chicago, USA, 2011
It's All True ("It's All True"), Brazil, 2011
29th International Festival of Film Art, Montreal, Canada, 2011: film
competition
International Film Festival of Punta del Este, Uruguay, 2011: film
competition
Film Journey of Solothurn, Switzerland, 2011
Director’s Biography:
Georges Gachot is a director and producer Franco-Swiss specializes
in films about classical music. At 18, he left Paris to study at the
Polytechnic School of Zurich.
His first steps were in the film world in 1985 when he became a movie
actor for television advertising and film. He worked for Naxos, making
video clips in order to allow viewing of the works of the great musical
repertoire.
In 1993, Georges Gachot decides to work as self-employed in other
categories of films about classical music. He develops his work since
then making documentaries and portraits of musicians and composers. In
1996 he started working as a producer.
In 2002, Georges Gachot received the prestigious "Italy Award" for her
portrayal of Argentine pianist Martha Argerich. Also interested in
Cambodia, he made four documentaries about the cellist and humanitarian
work of the Swiss pediatrician Beat Richner.
In the film Music is Perfume Maria Bethania (2005), he
leaves for the first time classical music. His interest in Brazilian
music continues with the film Rio Sonata (2010).
Georges Gachot is a director and producer Franco-Swiss specializes
in films about classical music. At 18, he left Paris to study at the
Polytechnic School of Zurich. 
