Nelson Freire (2003)

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.

• Release Date: 2003-05-02
• Runtime: 1h 42min
• Production Company: VideoFilmes
• Production Country: Brazil
• Director: João Moreira Salles