BEHIND THE SUN (2001)

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NR | 1 hr 45 mins | Drama, Romance, Period, Foreign | Released: 12/12/2001 |Box Office Total: $64210

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Synopsis:

In the Brazilian badlands of 1910, two families are locked in a deadly feud. Tonho, the middle son of the Breves family, is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, the victim of an age-old feud between families over the ownership of the land. If he carries out his mission, Tonho knows that his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived, and the short time he has left to live. He will then probably be killed by a member of the rival family, as dictated by the code of vengeance of the region. Distressed by prospect of death and urged on by his younger brother Pacu, Tonho begins to question the logic of the tradition of violence. This is when two performers in a little traveling circus cross his path...

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/12/2001

Director	Credit
Walter Salles	Director
Cast	Credit
Rodrigo Santoro	Tonho Breves
Jose Dumont	Father Breves
Ravi Ramos Lacerda	Pacu Breves
Rita Assemany	Mother Breves
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos	Salustiano
Flavia Marco Antonio	Clara
Everaldo Pontes	Old Blind Man
Othon Bastos	Mr Lourenco
Luis Carlos Vasconcelos
Production Credits	Credit
Arthur Cohn	Producer
Jean Labadie	Associate Producer
Mauricio Andrade Ramos	Executive Producer
Lillian Birnbaum	Executive Producer
Carole Scotta	Associate Producer
Etienne Parlier	Associate Producer
Simon Arnal	Associate Producer
Caroline Benjo	Associate Producer
Christina Crassaris	Associate Producer
Richard Mosimann	Associate Producer
Ruth Waldburger	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Videofilmes Producoes Artisticas	Production Company
Haut & Court	Production Company
Bac Films	Production Company
Dan Valley Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Miramax Records	Worldwide Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Records	Worldwide Distribution Rights
BVI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Bahia, Brazil
Rio de Contas, Brazil
Born Sossego, Brazil
Caetite, Brazil
Writer	Credit
Walter Salles	Screenplay
Ismail Kadare	Source Material (from novel)
Sergio Machado	Screenplay
Karim Ainouz	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Cassio Amarante	Production Designer
Film Camera	Credit
Walter Carvalho	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Antonio Pinto	Music
Ed Cortes	Music - music collaboration
Beto Villares	Music - music collaboration
Production Management	Credit
Sergio Machado	Assistant Director
Marcelo Torres	Line Producer
Sound	Credit
Felix Andrew	Sound
François Groult	Sound
Waldir Xavier	Sound
Francois Musy	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Cao Albuquerque	Costume Designer

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