Behind the Sun
(2001)
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Behind the Sun
(2001)
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José Dumont | ... |
Father
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| Rodrigo Santoro | ... |
Tonho
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Rita Assemany | ... |
Mother
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| Ravi Ramos Lacerda | ... |
Pacu
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| Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | ... |
Salustiano
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Flavia Marco Antonio | ... |
Clara
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Everaldo Pontes | ... |
Old Blind Man
(as Everaldo De Souza Pontes)
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| Caio Junqueira | ... |
Inácio
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Mariana Loureiro | ... |
Widow
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Servílio de Holanda | ... |
Isaías
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| Wagner Moura | ... |
Matheus
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Othon Bastos | ... |
Mr. Lourenço
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Gero Camilo | ... |
Reginaldo
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Vinícius de Oliveira | ... |
Ferreira Family Member
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Soia Lira | ... |
Ferreira Family Member
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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. Written by Anonymous
"Behind the Sun" tells a simple story about two families locked in a blood feud over sugar cane land in the late 19th century somewhere in a desolate, parched Brazil. The film is no less than a masterwork of simplicity; a richly textured, finely nuanced, artfully crafted drama which tells its story as much through evinced emotion as through dialogue. Not for everyone, "Behind the Sun" will likely be too austere for the public at large while providing a feast for cinema purists. Thanks to Cohn, Salles, and crew for their hard work in making a film for the few, not the many.
Note - I've viewed almost 900 films in the past three years and only rated two of them a 10. The first was "Band of Brothers". "Behind the Sun" is the second.