Fado is the music of Portugal; its songs are heavy with melancholy and heartbreak, as beautiful as they are mournful. Ávila’s Fado focuses on Luisa (Natasha Napoleao), an aspiring fado singer ...

“Even if he never recorded fado or Portuguese guitar before … it doesn’t matter if it’s fado or punk or indie, what matters is the instruments have these characteristics and how they play ...