Elis Regina
Águas de Março

THE REVIEW

"It was indeed her temperament and the energy she exuded that made her popular and earned her nicknames like Furacao (hurricane) and Pimentinha (little pepper). She preferred to be called Elis because Regina (according to her countless fans) she truly was"

excerpt from Wikipedia.

In Rio De Janeiro, it pours rain, and the mud covers the rural beauties of the large avenue. Inspired by the verses of Olavo Bilac, the king of Brazilian song Antonio Carlos Jobim writes a list. The list is composed of photographs and impressions that follow one another in the writer's mind, flowing like the memories of a life that has now come to an end.

The goal is an empty movie theater, without spectators and a last reel in motion. An analogy that would bring us back to the old Tornatore, in my opinion.

The same year, a young Elis created the famous and praised version of the song, rendering an interpretation considered of epochal importance in the history of universal music.

Gentle notes and even more emotionally committed expressions are reproduced in the black and white live video. The Brazilian folk imprinted in the verses is particularly reminiscent in phrases like Caingá candeia, é o matita-pereira (a kind of mischievous sprite and famous character from children's stories).

The king and the queen sang together a few years later, deciding to record an entire studio album, with many difficulties caused by different musical visions. The two were often described as nervous souls that calmed only during the song sessions.

The girl with numerous self-titled records and a difficult character ended her journey at 37, disappointed by life and prey to the numerous substances consumed.

March is the transition month, the rainy and irreverent month that sees the birth of the most controversial and confused spirits. The month when Elis Regina Carvalho Costa set foot on this earth to leave a fire never forgotten. From the moment her stage performance concluded with her hands up and her face down, with Arrastão.

Mina, Ivano Fossati, and many other international artists paid tribute by producing splendid covers, replacing some verses to make the song more in tune with the cultural environment of their own country.

It is the end of the road, someone a little lonely, the night and the death. The end of the fatigue.

Cinema and its thousand divided stories, the reel stops uncompromising and the red chairs, empty, contrast with the darkness of the theater.