Brazil's beloved crooner had it all — until the dictatorship came knocking.
A phenomenon of popularity in the 1960s, Wilson Simonal saw his meteoric career fall apart when he was accused of collaborating with the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Acting
Fabrício Boliveira channels Simonal's charisma and crushing paranoia.
Score
Those bossa nova bangers hit different knowing the ending.
Director
Leonardo Domingues
Fabrício Boliveira
Simonal
Isis Valverde
Tereza
Sílvio Guindane
Marcos Moran
Bruce Gomlevsky
Paulo Taviani
Cláudio Mendes
Abelardo
João Velho
Miele
Rafael Sieg
Ronaldo Bôscoli
Dani Ornellas
Maria
Letícia Isnard
Esposa de Taviani
Márcio Vito
Delegado
Fabrício Santiago
Marcelão
Caco Ciocler
Santana
Leandro Hassum
Carlos Imperial
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Simonal was Brazil's first Black TV superstar — his fall wasn't just personal, it dismantbled a symbol of racial progress for a nation pretending at democracy.
The real Simonal died broke and radioactive in 2000; this film arrived as Brazil's far-right resurged, making his interrogation scenes hit with sickening present-tense urgency.
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