BRAZIL · 1963

Barren Lives

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Cinema Novo Brazil drought and environmental hardship rural migration family survival social inequality brazilian northeast

Synopsis

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.

Year1963

CountryBrazil

DirectorNelson Pereira dos Santos

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