Friday, January 28, 2011

'Vidas Secas'

Portuguese for "Barren Lives," Vidas Secas is part of the Cinema Novo, the rebirth of Brazilian cinema that abided by the motto of "a camera in the hand and an idea in the head."

Vidas Secas is about a very poor family. The father is forced to work as a farmhand for meager wages.

Like a cow.

They shoot the dog. Life is unfair.

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