The voice that seduced the world finally tells her own story — and yes, she answers THE question.
The Girl from Ipanema charts the progress of bossa nova (new wave), and the Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto's musical development and rise to fame. Best of all, at the end of the documentary the mature Astrud answers the question that must surely be on every viewer's mind: Was she sick to death of singing The Girl from Ipanema?
Acting
Astrud's final interview — devastating, dry, utterly unperformative.
Direction
Patient archival work that lets silence and side-eyes speak volumes.
Score
The catalog you think you know, recontextualized until it stings.
Director
Antoine Baldassari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Astrud's English version was recorded in one take with no rehearsal, yet became the definitive global earworm — a perfect metaphor for how women's labor gets minimized even at peak genius.
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