Garrincha: The lonely star
(World News Brazil)

An artist, technical genius and one of Pelé´s closest friends. But also, a man with a growing alcohol problem that grew larger during the years. This is the story of Manuel Francisco dos Santos, or simply `Garrincha`. Garrincha was born in Pau Grande to Amaro and Maria Carolina. Garrincha was Amaro´s fifth child with Maria Carolina and he would get four more after him. His midwife was the first person to discover his crooked legs. But at that time in Brazil it wasn´t anything you knew that you could quiet easily fix. His mother had similar problems but not quite as big as him. Pau Grande, a small village in the southeast of Brazil. He had a lot of friends during his childhood and loved to...