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Synopsis
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic73/100
134 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter SallesDirector
- Sérgio MachadoScreenplay
- Walter SallesScreenplay
- Karim AïnouzScreenplay
- Beto VillaresOriginal Music Composer
- Antonio PintoOriginal Music Composer
- Ed CortêsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rodrigo SantoroTonho
- José DumontPai
- Rita AssemanyMãe
- Luiz Carlos VasconcelosSalustiano
- Ravi Ramos LacerdaPacu
- Flavia Marco AntonioClara
- Everaldo PontesVelho Cego
- Caio JunqueiraInácio
- Wagner MouraMatheus
- Othon BastosMr. Lourenço
- Mariana LoureiroWidow
- Servílio de HolandaIsaías
Stills
Themes
circusrevengetraveling circusfamily feud1910s