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Behind the Sun
7.4 / 10• 2001• 1h 35m•NR• Portuguese
DramaThrillerRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Rodrigo Santoro
Tonho
Lead
José Dumont
Pai
Rita Assemany
Mãe
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Salustiano
RR
Ravi Ramos Lacerda
Pacu
FM
Flavia Marco Antonio
Clara
Everaldo Pontes
Velho Cego
Caio Junqueira
Inácio
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Walter Salles's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Behind the Sun is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
