Behind the Sun (2001) Brazil, France, Switzerland
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Director:Walter Salles
Studio:Bac Films
Writer:Karim Aïnouz, Ismail Kadare
Rating:7.7 (5,612 votes)
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2016-04-01
UPC:786936185430
Awards:Nominated for 1 Golden Globe, Another 8 wins & 4 nominations
Genre:Drama
Release:2002-05-01
IMDb:0291003
Duration:105
Picture Format:SD
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:DTS
Languages:Portuguese
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300010892
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Walter Salles  ...  (Director)
Karim Aïnouz, Ismail Kadare  ...  (Writer)
 
José Dumont  ...  Father
Rodrigo Santoro  ...  Tonho
Rita Assemany  ...  Mother
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos  ...  Salustiano
Flavia Marco Antonio  ...  Clara
Ravi Ramos Lacerda  ...  Pacu
Caio Junqueira  ...  Inácio
Everaldo Pontes  ...  Old Blind Man (as Everaldo de Souza Pontes)
Mariana Loureiro  ...  Widow
Servílio de Holanda  ...  Isaías
Wagner Moura  ...  Matheus
Gero Camilo  ...  Reginaldo
Othon Bastos  ...  Mr. Lourenço
Vinícius de Oliveira  ...  Ferreira Family Member
Soia Lira  ...  Ferreira Family Member
Vinicius de Oliveira  ...  Ferreira Family Member
Summary: The 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 20 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 traveling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.