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The Third Bank of the River

02/20/1994

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1hr 39min

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Fantasy

,Drama

STORY

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank. While offering an evocative vision of rural Brazil as a timeless land of mystery and solemnity, The Third Bank of the River is also bitingly satiric in the remarkable depiction of religious belief when the family moves to the city and its youngest member, a mesmerizing little girl, is revealed to be a kind of saint, capable of miraculous acts. -Harvard Film Archive

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ilya São Paulo
  • Maria Ribeiro
  • Vanja Orico
  • Jofre Soares
  • Renato Matos

    Director

  • Nelson Pereira dos Santos

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Regina Filmes

    Production Countries

  • Brazil
  • France

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese

Cast

Ilya São Paulo

Maria Ribeiro

Vanja Orico

Jofre Soares

Renato Matos

Affonso Brazza

Gilson Moura

Andrade Jr.

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva

Sonjia Saurin

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