Nelson Freire

The 3rd entry of the XIX Ibero-American Film Festival. From Brazil, directed by Joao Moreira Salles 2003 A film about a man and his music - portrays the most internationally recognized Brazilian pianist from his youth as a child prodigy to his rise to international acclaim. The film was conceived as a mosaic, a collection of relatively independent pieces. It consists of 31 thematic blocks which, in principle, could be assembled in any given order. There is no intent to tell a story with concrete beginning, middle, and end. It is only through the music of Nelson Freire that sense may be found. Sponsored by Voces Hispanicas, underwritten by Santander Universities Global Division