Behind the Sun(Movie, 2001)

Name: Behind the Sun
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Abril Despedaçado" (Portuguese/PT)

1h 45min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 51 votes)

Behind the Sun (Portuguese: Abril Despedaçado) is a 2001 social drama film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro. Its original Portuguese title means Shattered April, and it is based on the 1978 novel Broken April written by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, about the honor culture in the North of Albania. Co-produced by Brazil, France, and Switzerland, it was shot entirely in Bahia, taking place in Bom Sossego, a district of the city of Oliveira dos Brejinhos, and in the cities of Caetité and Rio de Contas.The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. ()

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About Behind the Sun

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.

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Trailer for Behind the Sun + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Behind the Sun | Official Trailer (HD) – Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | MIRAMAX(Trailer, 1:41)

Additional Information

Production countries: Brazil, Switzerland, France

Plays in: Brazil

Made by: Haut et Court, Bac Films, Miramax Films, VideoFilmes, Dan Valley Film AG

Original language: Portuguese (PT)

Spoken languages: Portuguese (PT)

Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date CA: 12/12/2001

Cast: Rodrigo Santoro, José Dumont, Vinícius de Oliveira, Caio Junqueira, Wagner Moura, Gero Camilo, Othon Bastos

Director: Walter Salles

Producer: Arthur Cohn

Screenwriter: Walter Salles, Karim Aïnouz, Sérgio Machado, Daniela Thomas, Ismail Kadare, João Moreira Salles

Director of Photography: Walter Carvalho

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Avril brisé"

Keywords: family feud, revenge, 1910s, traveling circus, circus

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Behind the Sun(Movie, 2001)

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Behind the Sun | Official Trailer (HD) – Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | MIRAMAX(Trailer, 1:41)

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