Elis & Tom: It Had to be You (2023)
September 21, 2023
Documentary, Music
1h 41m


Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Jom Tob Azulay
- Self (archive footage) Elis Regina
- Self (archive footage) Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Self Roberto Menescal
- Self (archive footage) Gerry Mulligan
- Self Ron Carter
- Self (archive footage) Frank Sinatra
- Self (archive footage) Sacha Distel
- Self (archive footage) Toots Thielemans