Caetano Veloso released this Friday (23/2) a new version of “La Mer”, Charles Trenet’s (1913-2001) greatest hit. The recording, for voice and guitar, is part of the soundtrack of “Une Famille”, a documentary by the French writer and director Christine Angot.
“La Mer” was released in 1945 by singer Roland Gerbeau and, in a short time, became a worldwide hit. Trenet is also known for “Douce France”, which became a Resistance anthem during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
Caetano Veloso remembers his relationship with music
Caetano heard the song for the first time as a child, in Santo Amaro da Purificação. But it was Guilherme Araújo, Caetano’s late manager, who asked him to sing “La Mer”. “I liked him immensely. I promised to learn the song well and sing it in the next season. I kept putting it off. When he died, I heard it. At a show in Paris, I sang “La Mer” as a posthumous tribute to him” , Caetano told the newspaper O Globo.
Writer Christine Angot was in the audience when Caetano sang “La Mer” in Paris. “I think she was as moved as I was, since, after finishing a film about her life, she asked me to record the song as I did years ago in Paris: alone with the guitar and at an ultra-slow pace. as I recorded,” says Caetano.
Screened at the Berlin Film Festival, “Une Famille” will premiere on March 20 in France.
Source: Terra
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