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The Third Bank of the River

Overview

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank. While offering an evocative vision of rural Brazil as a timeless land of mystery and solemnity, The Third Bank of the River is also bitingly satiric in the remarkable depiction of religious belief when the family moves to the city and its youngest member, a mesmerizing little girl, is revealed to be a kind of saint, capable of miraculous acts. -Harvard Film Archive

RATING

5.40

DIRECTOR

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

COUNTRIES

Brazil

France

RELEASE DATE

1994

TIME

1h 39m

GENRES

Fantasy

Drama

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Ilya São Paulo‌

Ilya São Paulo

Maria Ribeiro‌

Maria Ribeiro

Vanja Orico‌

Vanja Orico

Jofre Soares‌

Jofre Soares

Renato Matos‌

Renato Matos

Affonso Brazza‌

Affonso Brazza

Gilson Moura‌

Gilson Moura

Andrade Jr.‌

Andrade Jr.

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva‌

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva

Sonjia Saurin‌

Sonjia Saurin

Barbara Brant‌

Barbara Brant

Mariane Vicentini‌

Mariane Vicentini

Chico Diaz‌

Chico Diaz

Waldir Onofre‌

Waldir Onofre

Laura Lustosa‌

Laura Lustosa

Henrique Rovira‌

Henrique Rovira

Mario Lute‌

Mario Lute

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