The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Alberto CavalcantiDirector
- Guerra PeixeOriginal Music Composer
- Alberto CavalcantiScreenplay
- José Mauro de VasconcelosScreenplay
Cast
- Aurora DuarteCast
- Cacilda LanuzaCast
- Margarida CardosoCast
- Alfredo de OliveiraCast
- Ruy SaraivaCast
- Alberto VilarCast
- Miriam NunesCast
- Glauce BandeiraCast
- Débora BorbaCast
- Maria do Carmo XavierCast
- Fernando BeckerCast
- Antônio MartinelliCast
Stills
Themes
poverty