Film

Canção de Amor

1977 · Documentary

Portrays the life of Vicente Celestino, a singer and composer of Brazilian popular music, who died in 1968. It shows his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, his professional debut at the Teatro São José, his first record, Flor do Mal, his participation as an actor in the Cia. Leopoldo Fróes, the gold record that was offered to him by the people, the numerous operettas and sacred plays in which he worked, his marriage to Gilda de Abreu, and original scenes from the films O Ébrio and Coração Materno, where he acted as both actor and singer.

Vicente Celestino

Himself (archive)

Nildo Parente

Narrator

• Gilda de AbreuDirector · Writer
• Ernesto SaboyaWriter · Editor
• Alice GonzagaProducer
• José A. MauroDirector of Photography · Editor

Release date

January 1, 1977

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Genres

Documentary