Behind the Sun

Behind the Sun

105 mins | Drama | Dec. 12, 2001

Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.

Behind the Sun

105 mins | Drama | Dec. 12, 2001

Behind the Sun
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Miramax, Bac Films, Videofilmes, Haut et Court, Dan Valley Film AG
Original title Abril Despedaçado
Directors Walter Salles
Writers Ismail Kadare, Karim Aïnouz, Sérgio Machado, Walter Salles

Cast

Rodrigo Santoro

as Tonho

José Dumont

as Pai

Rita Assemany

as Mãe

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

as Salustiano

Everaldo Pontes

as Velho Cego

Caio Junqueira

as Inácio

Wagner Moura

as Matheus

Othon Bastos

as Mr. Lourenço

Mariana Loureiro

as Widow

Gero Camilo

as Reginaldo

Vinícius de Oliveira

as Membro da Família Ferreira

Soia Lira

as Membro da Família Ferreira

Maria do Socorro Nobre

as Membro da Família Ferreira