extraordinary film musically made feel awful rodrigues died  chance see live know performed marvelous lincoln ctr concert   mightve there painful beyond wordsbr br i purchased first amalia recording musical recording fantastic able film see face  tremendous expressiveness  passion sings songs terrible sadness wonderful sort like seeing face mary cradles jesus arms pieta watching film reminded witness similar extraordinary concert performance mercedes sosa mid s lincoln ctr sat listening mercedes sing felt presence tremendous spiritual  musical force contained awesome primal power the art amalias musical segments touching caetano veloso paying tribute amalia  singing one songs solo front packed concert hall musical segments also convey incredible international sweep musical repertoire  bonds created w fans throughout entire world one segment claims played every single town italy stagebr br in another section amalia talks bout w mouth cancer  came nyc commit suicide hotel yet watching fred astaire film videos gradually persuaded life worth living  turned away killing herself amazing later film quite bravely  directly admits interviewer though mightve conquered world musically personal life one pure sadness admits never happy unbearably sad hear perfectly keeping w singer steeped fado which translates bad destiny bad luck tradition also one longs hear personal life made sad disappointmentsbr br the art amalia little disappointing major areas quibbles show  full songs film yet provide english translation last one seems waste unless film intended portuguese speaking audience cant imagine see profound pain face sings  understand lyrics let down minuses almost biographical material amalias family background one  sec snippet w singing w mother its absolutely grand one short reference parents moving fr countryside lisbon wouldve loved see film footage village came from interviews almost solely w amalia  close friends good great subject interview subjects experts fado portuguese culture  society get depth understanding musical rootsbr br in short wonderful film everyone interested amalia see perfect definitive work subject