The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.

• Fernando Eiras
• Gilberto Gil
• Gal Costa
• Raphael Rabello
• Chico Buarque
• Caetano Veloso
• Pascoal Villaboim
• Rubens Santos