Vidas Secas (Barren Lives) (1963)
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70% of users liked it
(644 ratings)
Filmed with a strong sense of compassion for the impoverished and an underlying hatred for the injustice which forces them into the lives they must live, this is one of the first works from Brazil's Cinema Novo. A poor Brazilian family struggle to earn a living when they take a job overseeing… More Filmed with a strong sense of compassion for the impoverished and an underlying hatred for the injustice which forces them into the lives they must live, this is one of the first works from Brazil's Cinema Novo. A poor Brazilian family struggle to earn a living when they take a job overseeing the livestock of a wealthy rancher. They move into an abandoned house, and their fortunes begin to take an upward turn. The father is duped into a card game with a crooked local policeman. The ranch hand protests, and a fight ensues that results in his beating by the cop. Despite being the victim of injustice, the man believes there should be some semblance of law and order and makes no protest about the incident. A severe drought has the man moving on from the ranch with his family to earn their living elsewhere. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1963 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 22, 2005
Critic Reviews
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Don Druker, Chicago Reader
One of the best of the early Cinema Novo films.
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Aaron Hillis, Premiere Magazine
A powerfully emotive portrait... this seminal film of the [Cinema Novo] movement is as naturalistic and heartwrenchingly earnest as any Vittorio De Sica weepie.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Like Ford's The Grapes of Wrath, another oft-misread seditious text, the film seems primed for a revolution.
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Cast
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Atilia Iorio
as Fabiado
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Maria Ribeiro
as Sinha Vitoria
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Jofre Soares
as Boy
- Gilvan Lima
- Orlando Macedo
- Baleia
