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Barren Lives
BRAZIL · 1963

Barren Lives

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
drought and environmental hardship rural migration family survival social inequality Brazilian northeast
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Synopsis

In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny.

Cinema Atlas Connection
And of course there's Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas, a film that for me is a reference in how to deal with characters in this context. It's about how to express a point of view through what they don't say.
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