Barren Lives

Name: Barren Lives
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-08-22
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Jofre Soares, Arnaldo Chagas, Inácio Costa, Vanutério Maia, Walter Monteiro

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Release Date

8/22/1963

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny.

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Released

Original Language

Portuguese

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A stark, neorealist portrait of a family enduring drought and deprivation in Brazil's backlands, following their desperate search for subsistence with unflinching humaneness. The film captures both the grinding hardship of their lives and the stubborn dignity they cling to.