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Song of the Sea
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Song of the Sea

Oct 3, 1953
1h 24m
★ 6.2

Overview

In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kino Filmes SA
Cinematográfica Maristela
Maristela Filmes

Cast

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Aurora Duarte

Cacilda Lanuza

Cacilda Lanuza

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Margarida Cardoso

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(as Alfredo Oliveira)

Alfredo de Oliveira

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(as Rui Saraiva)

Ruy Saraiva

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Alberto Vilar

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(as Miria Nunes)

Miriam Nunes

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Glauce Bandeira

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Débora Borba

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Maria do Carmo Xavier

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Fernando Becker

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(as Antonio Martineli)

Antônio Martinelli

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