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A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.Read moreLess
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
The story
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
Cast & crew
Átila IórioGaúcho
Nelson XavierMário
Maria GladysLuísa
Ivan Cândido301
Paulo César PeréioPedro
Hugo CarvanaJosé
Ruy PolanahBar owner
Joel BarcellosMan with dead child
Antônio PitangaVoice
Cecil ThiréCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Ruy Guerra
- Screenplay
- Ruy Guerra
- Screenplay
- Miguel Torres
- Producer
- Jarbas Barbosa
- Producer
- Gilberto Perrone
- Original Music Composer
- Moacir Santos
- Director of Photography
- Ricardo Aronovich
- Editor
- Raimundo Higino
- Editor
- Ruy Guerra