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The Third Bank of the River
BRAZIL · 1994

The Third Bank of the River

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
magical realism Brazilian literature family dynamics rural life existential mystery
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Synopsis

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the

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