Rita Lee: Mania de Você
An intimate Brazilian rock biography finds the private woman, family devotion, and hard-won vulnerability beneath Rita Lee’s legendary public persona.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- affectionate
- candid
- reflective
- music history viewing
- artist biography night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Previously unseen personal archives and family materials place Rita Lee’s private self beside her celebrated musical career.
The film presents Rita Lee as the queen of rock while connecting her legacy to Brazilian musicians, producers, journalists, and celebrities.
The retrospective praises unforgettable successes while explicitly exposing Rita Lee’s downfalls, excesses, and vulnerable side.
Rita’s farewell letter to her children and Roberto de Carvalho frames testimonies about her life and artistic legacy.
Films like Rita Lee: Mania de Você, and why
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
music documentary portrait built from archival footage, intimate testimony, and a celebrated performer’s complicated public legacy
Janis: Little Girl Blue
emotionally direct rock biography balancing iconic success, personal vulnerability, and family memory
David Bowie: The Last Five Years
archival music documentary examining artistic excess, cultural influence, and the private person behind a legendary stage persona
The Velvet Underground
warm but candid portrait of a groundbreaking female musician whose career reshaped popular music
Movie Details
- Director
- Guido Goldberg
- Release Date
- 2025-05-08
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 (13)
Cast
- Rita Lee
- Roberto de Carvalho
- Hebe Camargo
- Moogie Canazio
- Luis Sérgio Carlini
- Walter Casagrande Júnior
- André Faccioli
- Alexandre Fontanetti
- Camila Fremder
- Marília Gabriela
Common questions
- What is Rita Lee: Mania de Você about?
- An intimate Brazilian rock biography finds the private woman, family devotion, and hard-won vulnerability beneath Rita Lee’s legendary public persona.
- What is Rita Lee: Mania de Você like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Rita Lee: Mania de Você as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Rita Lee: Mania de Você violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Rita Lee: Mania de Você.
- Which films are like Rita Lee: Mania de Você?
- Films with a similar feel include Elvis: That's the Way It Is, Janis: Little Girl Blue, David Bowie: The Last Five Years, and The Velvet Underground.
- How long is Rita Lee: Mania de Você?
- Rita Lee: Mania de Você runs 81 minutes.
