Nelson Freire backdrop

Nelson Freire 2003 Directed by João Moreira Salles

Nelson Freire Piano

João Moreira Salles' "Nelson Freire" is a film-documentary about the great Brazilian pianist, who is certainly among the five great pianists of the world today. Nelson Freire is a quite discreet / shy person and João Salles respected this feature of his personality. During almost two years he followed the pianist around the world to compose a film, made of 31 thematic sections to cover the many aspects of the life of this genius of the piano.

Country Brazil
Production Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Spoken Language Portuguese
Gneres Documentary , Music
Production Company VideoFilmes
Release Date 2 May 2003
102 mins