Vidas Secas | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
Produced by | Luiz Carlos Barreto Herbert Richers Danilo Trelles |
Written by | Nelson Pereira dos Santos |
Starring | Átila Iório Maria Ribeiro |
Music by | Leonardo Alencar |
Cinematography | Luiz Carlos Barreto |
Edited by | Rafael Justo Valverde |
Production company | Herbert Richers |
Distributed by | Herbert Richers Sinofilmes |
Release date | 22 August 1963 (Brazil) |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Vidas Secas (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈvi.das ˈse.kas] , meaning "Dry lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas Sêcas) is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast.
This article is about the spelling reforms of the Portuguese language.
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