Mamonas Forever vs Nelson Cavaquinho

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7.5/10 for Mamonas Forever). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 23m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2009). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Mamonas Forever posterMamonas Forever2009 VS Nelson Cavaquinho posterNelson Cavaquinho1969
Mamonas ForeverNelson Cavaquinho
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 8.8/10
Year20091969
Length1h 23m15m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country–Brazil
DirectorCláudio KahnsLeon Hirszman
Main castDinho, Julio Cesar Rasec, Bento Hinoto, Sérgio Reoli, Samuel ReoliNelson Cavaquinho

Synopsis

Mamonas Forever

In less than ten months, the music band Mamonas Assassinas went from being completely unknown to becoming one of the biggest phenomena in Brazilian music. Irreverent, intelligent, sarcastic and creative, the band took over Brazil and sold two million albums in just six months. Never-before-seen footage and interviews from family, friends, producers, and musicians tell the band’s story, their challenges, their rise to fame, and the tragic…

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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