Behind the Sun (2001)

  • NR
  • 12/12/2001 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 45m

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.

Walter Salles

Director, Screenplay

Sérgio Machado

Screenplay

Karim Aïnouz

Screenplay

Ismail Kadare

Novel

Cast

Rodrigo Santoro's headshot

Rodrigo Santoro

Tonho
José Dumont's headshot

José Dumont

Pai
Rita Assemany's headshot

Rita Assemany

Mãe
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos's headshot

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Salustiano
Ravi Ramos Lacerda's headshot

Ravi Ramos Lacerda

Pacu
Flavia Marco Antonio's headshot

Flavia Marco Antonio

Clara
Everaldo Pontes's headshot

Everaldo Pontes

Velho Cego
Caio Junqueira's headshot

Caio Junqueira

Inácio

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