Behind the Sun (2001)
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.
Director:
Walter Salles
Writers:
Walter Salles, Karim Aïnouz, Sérgio Machado.
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Rodrigo Santoro as Tonho |
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José Dumont as Pai |
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Rita Assemany as Mãe |
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Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as Salustiano |
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Ravi Ramos Lacerda as Pacu |
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Flavia Marco Antonio as Clara |
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Everaldo Pontes as Velho Cego |
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Caio Junqueira as Inácio |
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Wagner Moura as Matheus |
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Othon Bastos as Mr. Lourenço |
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Mariana Loureiro as Widow |
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Servílio de Holanda as Isaías |
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Gero Camilo as Reginaldo |
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Vinícius de Oliveira as Membro da Família Ferreira |
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Soia Lira as Membro da Família Ferreira |
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Socorro Nobre as Membro da Família Ferreira |
| Writing | Walter Salles | Screenplay |
| Writing | Karim Aïnouz | Screenplay |
| Directing | Walter Salles | Director |
| Writing | Sérgio Machado | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ismail Kadare | Novel |
| Production | Sérgio Machado | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martín Macías Trujillo | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Walter Carvalho | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Isabelle Rathery | Editor |
| Art | Marcelo Larrea | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Beto Villares | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Antonio Pinto | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Cassio Amarante | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cao Albuquerque | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabi Moraes | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irma Verdugal | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Ed Cortês | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound |
| Crew | Guy Courtecuisse | Post-Production Manager |
| Production | Mauricio Andrade Ramos | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lillian Birnbaum | Executive Producer |
| Production | Beto Bruno | Producer |
| Production | Arthur Cohn | Producer |
| Production | Ruth Waldburger | Associate Producer |
| Production | Carole Scotta | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jean Labadie | Associate Producer |
| Production | Caroline Benjo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Simon Arnal | Associate Producer |
| Production | Beth Accioly | Casting |
| Production | Maria Carlota Bruno | Executive Producer's Assistant |