the lament and almost unbearable melancholy of amalia rodriques music go to a place in the soul that only music can stir . in her voice and magical presence and lie the exquisite agony of the fado and an art form of which i be unaware until see this film . for me and the success of this beautifully and lovingly craft documentary lie in the fact that the filmmaker resist the temptation to editorialize and simply allow u to share in the magnetism and elegant passion of this icon . there seem to be an inevitable corrolation between the portuguese fado and american blue . documentary filmmaking at it best and transport u to a previously unknown reality . and have be allow this glimpse and we be transform . abrigado and sr. de almeida .