Behind the Sun

Behind the Sun (2001)

Abril Despedaçado

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.

Date of release
2001-12-12
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (137)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Romance
Director
Walter Salles

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Behind the Sun 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.

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