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Behind The Sun[Subtitle] - DVD

SKU: 4613127 | Release Date: 6/11/2002

Rating: PG-13

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Rating: PG-13
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 2001
Length: 92 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Synopsis

A young man is forced to choose between family tradition and his own dreams and desires in this drama from Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles. In 1910 in a remote farming community, two families, the Breveses and the Ferreiras, both of whom earn their living growing sugar cane, have been squabbling over the ownership of a piece of land for years. The disagreement turned violent some time back, and after the first shot was fired and blood was spilled, the other family insisted upon killing the gunman as a matter of honor. The second shooter was then killed for the same reason, and ever since the two clans have been trading off murders in the name of familial honor and justice. The Breveses, who are a much smaller family, have been suffering a great deal more than their rivals thanks to this feud; a steady drop in sugar prices has also left the family with little but their pride. When In�cio, the first-born son of the Breves family, is shot down, his father (Jos� Dumont) orders his next-oldest son, Tonho (Rodrigo Santoro), to kill one of the Ferreira boys after the traditional month-long waiting period. Tonho finds himself questioning the wisdom of this bloody rivalry, and he ponders his fate while spending time with his younger brother (Ravi Ramos Lacerda), whom his parents never bothered to name. As Tonho ponders his fate, a small traveling circus comes to town; Tonho and his brother are soon caught in the spell of Clara (Flavia Marco Antonio), a beautiful circus performer who befriends the young boy and nicknames him Pacu, while Tonho finds himself falling in love with her, and longing to travel the country at her side. Abril Despedacado won the Little Golden Lion award at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Por

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

cc Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound Original language track (Portuguese) English subtitles Widescreen (2.35:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions Theatrical trailer

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: Unbearable Burdens? [5:05]
2. Death and Dreams [2:53]
3. "An Eye for an Eye" [11:05]
4. "The Truce Is Granted" [7:17]
5. A Book From a Girl [6:41]
6. Selling Sugar [4:39]
7. Going Nowhere [2:56]
8. A Circus and a Name [6:36]
9. "You Have to Go Away" [3:59]
10. Born Dead or Alive [5:24]
11. Circling Connections [7:57]
12. Tonho Returns [5:07]
13. The Shirt Decides [7:43]
14. Pacu's Story [6:47]
15. To the Sea [5:03]
16. End Credits [2:32]

Cast

Flavia Marco Antonio - Clara
Rita Assemany - Mother
Ravi Ramos Lacerda - Pacu
Rodrigo Santoro - Tonho
Wagner Moura - Matheus
Caio Junqueira - In�cio
Gero Camilo - Reginaldo
Servilio De Holanda - Isaias
Mariana Loureiro - Widow
Maria Do Socorro Nobre - Forreira Family
Everaldo De Souza Pontes - Old blind man
Luis Carlos Vasconcelos - Salustiano
Vinicius de Oliveira - Ferreira Family
Jos� Dumont - Father
Othon Bastos - Mr. Lourenco
Soia Lira - Ferreira Family

Crew

Director: Walter Sales
Screenwriter: Walter Sales ,Karim Ainouz
Composer (Music Score): Ed Cortes ,Beto Villares
Artistic Advisor: J�rg Hassler
Special Effects: Philippe Hubin
Editor: Isabelle Rathery
Director: Walter Salles, Jr.
Screenwriter: Walter Salles, Jr.
Associate Producer: Ruth Waldburger ,Caroline Benjo
Line Producer: Marcelo Torres
Executive Producer: Lillian Birnbaum
Set Designer: Monica Costa
Production Designer: Cassio Amarante
Executive Producer: Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Associate Producer: Jean Labadie ,Carole Scotta
Composer (Music Score): Antonio Pinto
Associate Producer: Simon Arnal Szlovak
Casting: Beth Accioly
Costume Designer: Cao Albuquerque
Special Effects: Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua
Production Assistant: Eduardo Colombiano
Post Production Coordinator: Bianca Costa
Associate Producer: Christina Crassaris
Producer: Yuri Souza De Almeida
Boom Operator: Romulo Drummond
Executive Producer: Paula Maciel E Silva
Grip: Miguel Efe
Assistant Costumer Designer: Fernanda Fabrizzi
First Assistant Director: M�rcia Faria
Key Grip: Jose Gomes
Grip: J�lio Guimar�es
Digital Effects: La Maison
Set Dresser: Marcelo Larrea ,Marcelo Laurino
Screenwriter: S�rgio Machado
Assistant Costumer Designer: Ant�nio Medeiros
Executive Producer: Luciana Meula
Assistant Costumer Designer: Jefferson Miranda
Makeup: Gabi Moraes
Associate Producer: Richard Mosimom
Publicist: Anna Luiza M�ller
Assistant Sound Editor: R�gis M�ller
Second Assistant Director: Claudia Nogarotto
Associate Producer: Etienne Parlier
First Assistant Editor: Marcelo Pedrazzi
Producer: Pimenta Jr.
Continuity: Adelina Pontuel
Gaffer: Betao Ribeiro
Assistant Costumer Designer: Renato Ribeiro
Production Assistant: �rika Safira
Additional Dialogue: Joao Salles
Assistant Costumer Designer: Dalva Santiago
Set Dresser: Shell Jr.
Properties Master: Wagner Tavares
Makeup: Martin Macias Trujillo
Hair Styles: Irma Verdugal
Special Effects: Guillaume Watrinet
Production Assistant: Andrea Weidmann
Sound/Sound Designer: Waldir Xavier
Producer: Arthur Cohn
Cinematographer: Walter Carvalho
Foley Artist: Laurent Levy
Additional Dialogue: Daniela Thomas
Screenwriter: Karim A�nouz
Associate Producer: Simon Arnal-Szlovak
Book Author: Ismail Kadare
Associate Producer: Simon Arnal

Abril Despedacado: AMG Review
Tom Wiener , AMG

Perched somewhere between fable and realistic drama, Abril Despedacado manages to be engrossing without fully engaging our sympathies for its characters. While the voiceover of the film's narrator, ten-year-old Pacu (Ravi Ramos Lacerda), insists that his family's life is one of grinding poverty, we're watching beautifully lit and composed shots of their labors that undercut the message. The theme of escape, from both the smothering obligations of family and an isolated rural existence, is nicely illustrated by the brothers Pacu, with the gift book that he can't read, and Tonho (Rodrigo Santoro), with his yearning for the traveling circus acrobat Clara (Flavia Marco Antonio), who in turn is plotting her own escape from a dominating stepfather. The idea that a feud between families (which can be extrapolated to ethnic groups or even nations) takes on a life of its own is underscored when the boys' mother mutters, "In this house, the dead command the living." The film's best touch is a bit of narrative misdirection that leads to a satisfying conclusion to a tale of family honor carried to hateful extremes. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide

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