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Country. Brazil. Language. Portuguese. Publication date. 1938. Media type. Print ( Hardback & Paperback) Vidas secas (Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas sêcas, literally "Dry Lives"; translated into English as Barren Lives) is a novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, written in 1938.
- Graciliano Ramos, Mário Caeiro
- Vidas sêcas
- 1938
- Brazil
Vidas secas ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvidɐs ˈsekɐs], meaning "Dry Lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas sêcas) is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast .
- Leonardo Alencar
- Luiz Carlos Barreto, Herbert Richers, Danilo Trelles
- 22 August 1963 (Brazil)
- Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro
Synopsis Based on a revered novel by Graciliano Ramos, this drama depicts the lives of a poor family in the dry northeastern region of Brazil. Focusing on Fabiano and his wife, Sinha Vitoria ...
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- Nelson Pereira Dos Santos
- Drama
- Átila Iório
Barren Lives: Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. With Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Orlando Macedo, Jofre Soares. A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work.
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- Drama
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- 1965
A novel set in the back country of northeastern Brazil some time in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century; published in Portuguese (as Vidas Secas) in 1938, in English in 1965. SYNOPSIS. A downtrodden cattleman and his family struggle to survive in a region plagued by drought and deep-rooted social injustice.
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Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. A foundational film of Cinema Novo, Vidas Secas follows the struggle of a migrant family for work and dignity in the midst of a devastating drought in Northeastern Brazil.