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"Vidas Secas"
1963
Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos

A pioneering work from Brazil's Cinema Novo, Nelson Pereira dos Santos's film follows the plight of an impoverished family who wanders the barren countryside of northern Brazil in search of food, water, work, and a place to live. Throughout the course of their journey, the harsh realities of injustice and drought slowly suffocate the family's already dimming hopes. "The work of an enormously gifted director who knows how to control his grief and rage" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times). In Portuguese with English subtitles.  100 minutes.