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Behind the Sun

Drama
2001, 1h 45min
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.
Country: Switzerland, Brazil, France
Director:
Walter Salles
Cast:
Othon Bastos,
Rodrigo Santoro,
Wagner Moura,
José Dumont
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Critic Alan Morrison
rated 10

It's certainly one of the most beautifully photographed films you might ever see...

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Critic Karsten Christian-Laursen
rated 5

...har først og fremmest retfærdiggjort sin adaption fra bogen til lærredet med fejende, forrygende og exceptionelt flotte billeder.

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Cast & Crew

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Walter Salles
Director
Walter Salles
Writer
Othon Bastos
As Mr. Lourenço
Rodrigo Santoro
As Tonho
Wagner Moura
As Matheus
José Dumont
As Pai
Everaldo Pontes
As Velho Cego

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In the scorching badlands of 1910 Brazil, a bloody feud between two families has spanned generations. Tonho, a young man torn between loyalty and rebellion, must choose between fulfilling his ancestral duty and pursuing a life of his own. When a traveling circus arrives, Tonho finds solace in the charming Clara and begins to question the futility of the violence that surrounds him. As the cycle of death and revenge threatens to consume him, Tonho must decide where his loyalties truly lie and what price he is willing to pay for peace.

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