• Director: Walter Salles
  • Release Year: 2001
  • Production Country: Brazil, France, Switzerland
  • Language: Portuguese

Abril Despedaçado (Behind the Sun)

Description

Tonho's sense of honor drives him to avenge his older brother's death by murdering one of the rival family's sons, leading him to wonder afterwards whether or not everyone would be better off if, rather than waiting for their own deaths as part of the unending feud, Tonho and his younger brother simply ran away with the circus and the beautiful acrobat, Clare.

Themes

Brazil, Poverty, Crime, Social classes, Childhood, Social conditions, Agriculture, Sugar industry, Family relationships, Imperialism, Capitalism, Circus acts, Economics, Literature