Song of the Sea (1953)
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.
Director:
Alberto Cavalcanti
Writers:
Alberto Cavalcanti, José Mauro de Vasconcelos.
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Aurora Duarte as |
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Cacilda Lanuza as |
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Margarida Cardoso as |
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Alfredo de Oliveira as |
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Ruy Saraiva as |
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Alberto Vilar as |
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Miriam Nunes as |
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Glauce Bandeira as |
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Débora Borba as |
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Maria do Carmo Xavier as |
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Fernando Becker as |
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Antônio Martinelli as |
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Ernani Dantas as |
| Camera | Cyril Arapoff | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Sergio Alvarez | Sound |
| Sound | Hilario Marcelino | Sound |
| Editing | José Cañizares | Editor |
| Directing | Alberto Cavalcanti | Director |
| Production | Alberto Cavalcanti | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jorge Pisani | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Olavo Costa | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Ricardo Sievers | Art Direction |
| Directing | Adalberto Vieira | Assistant Director |
| Camera | George Pessis | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | José de Souza Alencar | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Delson Lima | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Paolo Reale | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Guerra Peixe | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Romeo Estelita | Production Manager |
| Writing | José Mauro de Vasconcelos | Story |
| Writing | Alberto Cavalcanti | Screenplay |
| Writing | José Mauro de Vasconcelos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hermilo Borba Filho | Dialogue |
| Directing | José Gonçalves | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Antonio Tenuta | Gaffer |
| Editing | João de Alencar | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Luiz Bartolomeu Andrade | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luiz Bartolomeu Andrade | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | George Pessis | Focus Puller |
