Behind the Sun

Overview

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 twenty 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 travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 12, 2001

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Brazil, France, Switzerland

Production

Miramax,Bac Films,VideoFilmes,Haut et Court,Dan Valley Film AG,Dan Valley Film

Cast

Ravi Ramos Lacerda,Rodrigo Santoro,Wagner Moura,Rita Assemany,Gero Camilo,Caio Junqueira,José Dumont,Soia Lira,Mariana Loureiro,Servílio de Holandaand 6 more

Director

Walter Salles

Writer

Ismail Kadare,Sérgio Machado,Karim Aïnouz,Walter Salles

Producer

Mauricio Andrade Ramos,Lillian Birnbaum,Arthur Cohn,Beto Bruno

Cinematography

Walter Carvalho

Music

Beto Villares,Ed Cortês,Antonio Pinto

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0291003