Amy vs Nelson Cavaquinho
Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.6/10 for Amy). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 2h 8m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2015). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Amy
Nelson Cavaquinho| Amy | Nelson Cavaquinho | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.8/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 1969 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 15m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | United Kingdom | Brazil |
| Director | Asif Kapadia | Leon Hirszman |
| Main cast | Yasiin Bey, Mark Ronson, Tony Bennett, Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty | Nelson Cavaquinho |
Synopsis
Amy
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Nelson Cavaquinho
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
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