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The Third Bank of the River (1994)

Overview

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
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos profile
Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Director

Nelson Pereira dos Santos profile
Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Screenplay

Cast

Ilya São Paulo profile
Ilya São Paulo

Maria Ribeiro profile
Maria Ribeiro

Vanja Orico profile
Vanja Orico

Jofre Soares profile
Jofre Soares

Renato Matos profile
Renato Matos

Affonso Brazza profile
Affonso Brazza

Gilson Moura profile
Gilson Moura

Andrade Jr. profile
Andrade Jr.

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva profile
Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva

Sonjia Saurin profile
Sonjia Saurin

Barbara Brant profile
Barbara Brant

Mariane Vicentini profile
Mariane Vicentini

Ilya São Paulo profile
Ilya São Paulo

Maria Ribeiro profile
Maria Ribeiro

Vanja Orico profile
Vanja Orico

Jofre Soares profile
Jofre Soares

Renato Matos profile
Renato Matos

Affonso Brazza profile
Affonso Brazza

Gilson Moura profile
Gilson Moura

Andrade Jr. profile
Andrade Jr.

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva profile
Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva

Sonjia Saurin profile
Sonjia Saurin

Barbara Brant profile
Barbara Brant

Mariane Vicentini profile
Mariane Vicentini

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Release Date

February 20, 1994

Original Language

Portuguese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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