It's hard to imagine a better performance in the role of Elis Regina than the one turned in here by Andreia Horta. She even looks like Elis and captures her radiant smile perfectly. The lip-syncing to Elis' great songs is very well done; the physical movements, too. If the movie seems to be a bit short in showing Elis' turbulent life, well, remember that her life was tragically short.

This biographical film explores the professional and personal life of the singer Elis Regina. It offers a trip into the atmosphere of the Bresil of the sixties and the seventies. A real effort of reconstitution of the choreography, cloth, furniture, etc. has been made. The actress performs very well in different areas. Time passes quickly as it has several rebounds.

Where is Tom Jobim????

Ok, now let me explain it: I don't think Tom Jobim could be ignored when Elis Regina's life is being told. Elis & Tom is one of the most important álbuns of Brazilian music. Maybe, the best albun. I can't forgive this movie to ignore it.

Anyway, it's a good movie. Andreia Horta was great but sometimes too artificial. For example ,the way she laughs is similar to the way Elis used to laugh, but honestly, sometimes I felt like she was doing it a lot to convince how good she was on that. After 5 or 6 times I really thought: "okaaaaaay, we know that you can laugh like this, but please stop it"