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Behind the Sun(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-12-12
73%
128 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
France,
Switzerland,
Brazil
ProductionCompanies: 
Dan Valley Film
Movie: Behind the Sun
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rodrigo Santoro
Tonho
José Dumont
Pai
Rita Assemany
Mãe
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Salustiano
Everaldo Pontes
Velho Cego
Caio Junqueira
Inácio
Wagner Moura
Matheus
Othon Bastos
Mr. Lourenço
Video Trailer Behind the Sun
All 1 videos
Behind the Sun | Official Trailer (HD) – Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | MIRAMAX - Trailer
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