Behind the Sun

Dec 12, 2001

1h 35m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Romance

Production Companies

Bac Films

Dan Valley Film

Haut et Court

VideoFilmes

Behind the Sun Trailers

Cast

Tonho

Rodrigo Santoro

Pai

José Dumont

Mãe

Rita Assemany

Salustiano

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Pacu

Ravi Ramos Lacerda

Clara

Flavia Marco Antonio

Velho Cego

Everaldo Pontes

Inácio

Caio Junqueira

Matheus

Wagner Moura

Mr. Lourenço

Othon Bastos

Widow

Mariana Loureiro

Isaías

Servílio de Holanda

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