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Song of the Sea(Movie, 1952)

Original title: "O Canto do Mar" (Portuguese/PT)
1h 24min | Genre: Drama
Song of the SeaRating: 2.9/5 (with 44 votes)
Song of the Sea (Portuguese: O Canto do Mar) is a 1952 Brazilian drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Luiz Andrade. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.Its poetic realist style incorporates elements of documentary and melodrama. The film depicts the migration of families away from drought in the north east of Brazil and their struggle for survival. ()
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About Song of the Sea

In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.

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Additional Information

Production country: Brazil
Original language: Portuguese (PT)
Spoken languages: Portuguese (PT)
Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 10/03/1953
Keywords: poverty
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: Song of the Sea (DK, 1993), Song of the Sea (BE/DK/FR/IE/LU/GB, 2014)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:85106, Added: 03/17/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024