The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Ruy GuerraDirector
- Ruy GuerraScreenplay
- Miguel TorresScreenplay
- Moacir SantosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Átila IórioGaúcho
- Nelson XavierMário
- Maria GladysLuísa
- Leonidas BayerSargento
- Ivan Cândido301
- Paulo César PeréioPedro
- Hugo CarvanaJosé
- Mauricio LoyolaReligious Man
- Ruy PolanahBar owner
- Joel BarcellosMan with dead child
- Antônio PitangaVoice
- Cecil ThiréCast
Stills
Themes
cinema novo