I still remember as if it were today the sadness I felt when, sitting at lunch at my parents’ house, I heard on television the shocking news of the disappearance of the Brazilian band Mamonas Assassinas, which at the time was already heard a lot on national radio stations.
That’s why I was delighted to hear that a biographical film is finally going to be released about the five funniest guys I’ve ever seen on stage: Dinho, Bento Hinoto, Samuel Reoli, Júlio Rasec and Sérgio Reoli.
We’ve already seen the first trailer. .. and you can too, further down in this article.
The story of the Mamonas
The quick history of one of the greatest Brazilian bands of all time can be summed up in a few months, between 1995 and 1996, which in itself explains the incredible success that this pop-rock band already had at the time, with only one studio album recorded.
The quintet that had the dream of being a Progressive Rock band with shades of Sertanejo, Heavy Metal, Romantic Pagode, Vira and Forró (it’s incredible how they managed to do this, but they did it like no one else has been able to so far) quickly became one of the most irreverent groups of the 90s in Brazil.
The fun and comic performances on stage by all the musicians, especially lead singer Dinho, the original lyrics full of everyday narratives and, of course, the enormous quality of their melodies, made this a band that is still sorely missed today. Just writing these words brings tears to my eyes.
The movie opens in June in Portugal
“Mamonas Assassinas: The Movie” is finally going to be a reality and has already been released in our country on June 20th.
We recall that the actual national premiere took place on May 2 at the Cine Turin, at the 15th edition of FESTin, where it had the honor of opening the program of this itinerant festival of the Portuguese language.
“Mamonas Assassinas: The Movie” is directed by Edson Spinello, produced by Total Entertainment, co-produced by Mamonas Produções, Claro and distributed in Portugal by NOS Audiovisuais, which will be showing the film in its cinemas in June.
The biographical film tells the story of the quintet from Guarulhos, promising to reveal all the details of the Brazilian band’s meteoric rise, where the classics “Jumento Clandestino”, “Vira-Vira”, “Pelados em Santos” and “Robocob Gay”, among many others, will be remembered with great emotion.
Actor Ruy Brissac plays the frenetic lead singer Dinho. It’s worth remembering that this actor has also played this role in the musical about the band.
Beto Hinoto, nephew of the band’s guitarist Bento; Rhener Freitas as drummer Sérgio Reoli; Adriano Tunes takes on the role of bassist Samuel Reoli; and Robson Lima plays Júlio Rasec, responsible for keyboards, percussion and vocals in the band, make up the rest of the performances.
Who were the Mamonas Assassinas?
It was 1990 when Dinho, Sérgio, Samuel, Júlio and Bento, then youngsters from Guarulhos, had a dream: to record their first album, still with Banda Utopia, the first name of this promising group.
With little money in their pockets, it was through the bold humor of their lyrics, as well as spectacular musical arrangements and, of course, memorable performances on the stages they visited, that this quintet saw their popularity soar in no time, becoming an absolute phenomenon in Brazil, and also across borders, especially in Portugal.
The band’s dream was finally fulfilled, with an album of originals recorded in the best studio in Los Angeles, selling more than three million copies in just seven months.
But March 2, 1996 would be forever marked in the tragic history of the five members of the Mamonas Assassinas, when on tour in Brazil, playing from city to city, the plane they were traveling in crashed in the Serra da Cantareira, after a concert in Brasilia, taking the lives of seven passengers and two pilots. No one survived.
It is also known that on March 3 the Brazilian group was scheduled to fly to Lisbon for what would be their first show in Portugal, which would leave the Portuguese euphoric, as they are one of the most sought-after bands in their sister country.
The Mamonas Assassinas have been sorely missed and are still one of the most listened to bands on streamingplatforms, especially Spotify, where they have more than 1.5 million monthly listeners.