Vidas secas (film)
1963 film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Vidas Secas | |
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Directed by | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
Written by | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
Produced by | Luiz Carlos Barreto Herbert Richers Danilo Trelles |
Starring | Átila Iório Maria Ribeiro |
Cinematography | Luiz Carlos Barreto |
Edited by | Rafael Justo Valverde |
Music by | Leonardo Alencar |
Production company | Herbert Richers |
Distributed by | Herbert Richers Sinofilmes |
Release date | 22 August 1963 (Brazil) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
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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.[1]