To the Left of the Father
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10/29/2001Runtime
163 minsGenres
Overview
In 1940s São Paulo, Pedro’s tasked to retrieve his estranged brother André. André’s departure stems from a domineering father, an overly affectionate mother, and Pedro’s jealousy over the father’s favoritism. Further complicating matters is André’s unconventional relationship with their sister, Ana.
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A slow, probing journey into the fractured roots of a fractured family, where the past's wounds are reopened as one brother searches for another in post-war São Paulo. The film lingers in the spaces between what can and cannot be said.
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Selton Mello
André
Raul Cortez
Father
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Mother
Simone Spoladore
Ana
Leonardo Medeiros
Pedro, the elder brother
Caio Blat
Lula, the younger brother
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
André - Narrator (voice)
Pablo César Câncio
André as a boy
Denise Del Vecchio
Prostitute
Mônica Nassif
Sister
Renata Rizek
Sister
Felipe Abreu Salomão
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