Claudio Jaborandy,
Flavio Bauraqui,
Georgina Castro,
Gerkson Carlos,
Hermila Guedes
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After two years of living in São Paulo, Hermila returns to her village in northeastern Brazil with her newborn son, anxiously awaiting the arrival of her husband. Time passes slowly and the wait becom...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Stats: 47 reviews
I saw this with English subtitles. I did not find it outstanding, but worth watching. Is it a comment on the few choices a Brazilian woman has - especially one with a child? Her husband abandons her, and she is left to raise their son with no income in a dead town - even his m...( read more)
mais um filme do esquema nordeste-pobreza-sertão, mas o drama da protagonista é diferente... suely faz um leilão de si mesma não por um dinheirinho que sustente sua família por algumas semanas; o que ela quer é uma vida diferente, uma oportunidade de tentar. é quase como a busca ...( read more)
what is 'sky' for Suely ? or Hermila ?
i guess it's the farthest place she could afford by the cheapest bus...
This Brazilian film caught my attention at The 2007 Rotterdam F. Festival since it's directed by Karim Ainouz, who wrote the scenario Abril Despeçado, Cidade Baixa and Cinema, Aspirines & Vultures. We follow 21 year old Hermilia, who moved back to her boring village because of mo...( read more)
It's all right. Nice cinematography, nice story, great actings... Nothing outstanding about it though.
Talvez o menos expressivo filme de Karim, ainda que sustente uma bela fotografia.
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