Tonight I would go the gym. But my fitness partner had other business to take care of. So I had an evening of rest. Instead of sweating on the 'wave' I went to the cinema. And that was lucky, because they played Fados again. I wanted to see this movie a wihle ago, but I had to miss it. As the title suggests this movie deals with Fado. So it's a music-film, about Portugese music. I'm not really known with Fado, I know some artists, but that's it. Luckily being an expert is not required for this movie. I really liked this music, it's very tragic and they sing it with so much feeling. Seeing how these people live for their music is very interesting. Another thing that was very interesting was the way this movie is shown to us. It would be easy to choose for some background images from the beautiful Portugal. This would most likely result in a bit of a, how do you say it, meager promotion video for Portugal. And with all the impressions the street life would give, the music would dissapear to the background. Luckily we are watching a Carlos Saura film, and he always chooses a different way. The film is set in a sort of minimalistic world, it has got something from a museum. So there are obviously boundries, which is a good thing. Every now and then we get some influence from the outside world, but it's always to compliment the music, not the other way around. There is some archive material, dancers who play streetscenes, and of course shots of the instrumentalists. These images, mixed with the beautiful singing and the great playing make this a very relaxing experience. Recommended