Coração Sem Poupa the composition that starts Rio Sonata, the recent documentary filmmaker Georges Gachot Swiss franc (Neuilly sur Seine , 1962), Brazilian singer Nana Caymmi (Rio de Janeiro, 1941). The choice could not be better. Is a sound that connects with the audience, with simple lyrics and emotive, and with a rhythm and cadence bolero style. In the film there are 32 tracks, but it is with Dori Caymmi, Nana's brother, who is impregnated by a days. "From q ue t heard this and m to knew for sure that would be one that would open the film. I can not explain why, is something that I felt ... ", says the filmmaker in a cafe in central Zurich, the city where he has lived for thirty years. 
Gachot, who previously made documentaries on two Latin American artists, the pianist Martha Argerich Argentina and the Brazilian singer Maria Bethania, shown in a Sonata Rio Rio de Janeiro with rain and fog 
(photo side) are not the images that they have taken in the retinas of millions of people. "I do not know why Brazilians do not like to talk about the rain and the fog of Rio . The times that I me to market several days of rain without stop. rain I chose this angle because I wanted Rio an abstract film, perhaps an Impressionist match perfectly with the music of Nana Caymmi ", accurate. 
According Gachot, Nana Caymmi looks like Maria Callas, especially when he sings 'Bom dia' at the International Festival Can Cão da in 1967 (top, black and white photo) . To Maria Bethânia is the best singer in the world. Regardless of qualifications, Caymmi is one of the leading artists in Brazil. She is the daughter of the prolific composer Dorival Caymmi Bahia (1914-2008), a childhood friend and fellow student of classical pianist Nelson Freire, former wife of 
Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento muse. This environment, among others, have become important witness of the musical history of his country. In Rio Sonata parade known figures, including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jo ã or Donato, Erasmo Carlos, Sueli Costa, Miúcha, Dorival Caymmi and son Dori Nascimento, Gil, and Bethânia. Photos in this block: 2/su father 3/Nana and Jobim. 
documentary is a beautiful, musical and visual terms, with great sensitivity to present Caymmi in its different facets. "Nana is fantastic as an artist, knows a lot about all genres of music. It is gentle, friendly and funny. His music is for lovemaking. I met while filming 'Music and perfume' with Maria Bethania, in 2004. not know anything about it, but when I saw her sing 'Joao Valentao', a song from his father stayed and No shock. At that moment I knew I wanted to do a movie sob re it " he says. Rio Sonata was released two months ago in various international festivals and in cinemas. It happened in Vancouver, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Zurich. In the coming weeks will be released in other Swiss cities, also in France and Germany, and in March reach commercial cinemas in Brazil.
Gachot and his passion for music
For Georges Gachot music is his passion and this can be seen in productions so far been made. His stories always find a connection shaft with music. Through his documentaries have explored the lives of characters ranging from Switzerland, Cambodia, Russia, U.S. and Latin America. Some titles are: 15 years of Kantha Bopha (15 years of Kantha Bopha / 2007), or blood Money (Geld or Blut/2005), the Pagoda Bach (Bach at the Pagoda/1997) Claude Debussy: Music can not learn ... (Music Can not Be learnt.../2000) Concerto Cantabile, Ro dion Shchedrin (1999), Grace Bumbry : What I'm luckiest girl (What a lucky girl I am ... / 1996). 
At 18 he left his parents' house in Paris and went on to study (electrical engineering) at the prestigious ETH Zurich. In parallel he studied piano and musicology. With his engineering degree in hand (1988), to the satisfaction of their parents, began to produce documentaries of classical music. He learned to play the piano at age five and from there it has not stopped every day, but chose not to pursue a career as an interpreter. Gachot not understand life without music. "When I am invited to a house the first thing I want is a piano, if I find I feel something is missing" . His two sons inherited their musical vein: his daughter plays the flute and his son the piano and drums. Latin Divas
His ties with Latin America began with the extraordinary pianist Martha Argerich Argentina. Martha Argerich: Conversation night (2002) revolves around a single interview with the pianist, the first (Filmed) who had given his 60 years, which reached a thrilling portrait and instead gave several awards, including the Prix Italia and the Golden Prague 
His series dedicated to the classical music and film ended with Argerich. The change came in 1998 with Maria Bethania, after seeing her sing at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland). "I remember after the concert I rushed to buy their records. I was fascinated. " With Maria Bethânia, Music, and perfume (2005) won awards in Cuba, Italy and the United States also will ushered in the artistic circle of Brazil. Upcoming projects in Latin America only related to that country, other countries do not fit at the moment, but thanks to films about Latin American artists came to neighboring countries. "I'm waiting for permission to make a film about Caetano Veloso and others. My dream is to gather and Jo Veloso ã or Gilberto ", ends. All photos, except three in Georges Gachot taken by Liana Cisneros, file from the filmmaker.
