People used to dance at balls, then in clubs, now they dance on social media. But whatever the medium, the message remains the same: Everyone has heard of some of the São Paulo singer’s most famous songs, “Estúpido Cupido” and “Banho de Lua.” It erupted in the late 1950s with Brazilian interpretations of international rock music.
“Um Broto Legal” hits Brazilian cinemas this Thursday (16) and Like Celly and aspect , the main supporter of her sister’s career. With good musical numbers and a light story, we follow the journey of the Taubaté girl who, after battling to make room for herself as the “daughter of rock”, reached national networks with a program on Rede Record in 1959.
The research work for the film was intense and reflected in the smallest details, from the costumes to the slang used by the characters. Director Luiz Alberto Pereira had a great ally in the making of the movie: Tony himself.
“I researched and collected a lot of documents about Celly, magazines, movies, but the real living archive was Tony Campello who helped us with his incredible memory and pointed out a few details we needed to follow up on,” Pereira says.
In addition to helping with production, Tony found himself represented in the film through Murilo Armacollo. The singer helped the actor pretend to be a rock star of the 1950s.
“He gave me a few tips on how to position my body, how to put my voice, and how to make everything come close to what was natural for him,” the actor says. “There’s no one better than Tony to put this story together so precisely.”
Despite the help, Armacollo already has experience with period films, which explains why he’s so comfortable in the role of Tony Campello.
“I worked with the 1950s and 60s in theater and other productions, but ‘Um Broto Legal’ was really a fad,” she laughs.
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The feature doesn’t fit the musical genre 100%, but many of the singer’s timeless hits are featured in the movie, and the team is betting it wants to draw younger audiences into the movies, on the artist’s enduring popularity.
The nostalgia of those who listen to the singer will already attract the elderly, but the Internet can push a little in the promotion of the film for the younger ones.
Actress Marianna Alexandre, who plays Celly, has more than 6 million followers on TikTok and sees the apps as an extension of her business.
“I wasn’t very active on social media,” she says. “We shot the movie in 2019 and I started recording TikTok during the pandemic, including some Celly performances and songs.”
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Marianna has already danced a lot with the voice of Celly Campello, which is heard by her parents, but she is aware that not every teenager knows how to sing songs.
“I talk to my fans a lot to keep them in my nets and some say they don’t know Celly, then I go and sing a part of her song on the nets.”
The movie establishes the audience’s relationship with Celly very well. By following his every step, we are rooting for his success even if the story keeps one foot in reality. However, those who know more about the songs than the singer’s biography are surprised at the end of the movie, where Celly gives up her career to marry her 20-year-old boyfriend.
Actress Marianna is only a year older than when Celly retired, but she doesn’t see the protagonist’s career stopping anytime soon. He realizes, however, that Celly’s release fits at a different time, in a different context.
“Since then there have been women who have made careers and continued to sing, which was not the case at Celly,” says Marianna. “Of course it was shocking to the audience but she wanted to be a normal girl and seemed pretty comfortable with her decision she.”
In fact, the biggest passion of the singer’s career was her brother, who persuaded her to leave Taubaté and suffered when Celly left the TV show they had together. After his retirement, invitations to TV shows and other presentations rained down, but in 1976 he agreed to reappear in the soap opera “Estúpido Cupido” when he recorded an updated version of the song of the same name.
Celly died of breast cancer in 2003. Because fame never left him, he got the normal life he wanted, at least in part. Almost 20 years after his death, rock music is still not finished.
Source: CNN Brazil
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