Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali (1991)
Genre : Music, Documentary
Runtime : 45M
Director : Moisés Kendler, Aluísio Didier
Synopsis
Creative documentary on multi-faceted Brazilian musician Radames Gnattali
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