Barren Lives
In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the...
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Augusto Matraga is a violent agressive farmer who, after being betrayed by his wife and trapped by several enemies, is bitten up and left for dead,...
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An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an...
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After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of...
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Memories of a parrot who participated in the filming of the classic Vidas Secas, in 1962, where it was featured along the puppy Baleia.
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The story of a poor woman living in the backwoods of Brazil and working as a maid. One day she is unfairly fired from the house where she was...
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