Barren Lives (1963)

Original title

Vidas Secas

Directed by

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

L

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 100 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor family wanders across the dry Brazilian northeast searching for work and water. They struggle to survive drought, hunger, and the harsh treatment of landowners.

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What happens

Barren Lives (Vidas secas, (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvidɐs ˈsekɐs], meaning "Dry Lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas sêcas) is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast. The film stars Átila Iório, Orlando Macedo, Maria Ribeiro and Joffre Soares. It is one of the key films in the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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