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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Cast
16 people
Rodrigo Santoro
Tonho
Known for
Westworld
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José Dumont
Pai
Known for
Invisible City
The Miracles of Jesus
Rita Assemany
Mãe
Known for
Central Station
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Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Salustiano
Known for
Carandiru
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Ravi Ramos Lacerda
Pacu
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The Middle of the World
Canta Maria
Flavia Marco Antonio
Clara
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Everaldo Pontes
Velho Cego
Known for
Central Station
Mango Yellow
Caio Junqueira
Inácio
Known for
Elite Squad
The Slave Isaura
Wagner Moura
Matheus
Known for
Narcos
Elite Squad
Othon Bastos
Mr. Lourenço
Known for
Central Station
Brainstorm
Mariana Loureiro
Widow
Also in
Carmo, Hit the Road
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Isaías
Known for
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Walter Salles Director · Sérgio Machado Screenplay Karim Aïnouz Screenplay
Budget $4M · United States release December 12, 2001 · Produced in France, Switzerland, Brazil
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Budget
$4,000,000
Production
Bac Films
Production
Dan Valley Film
Production
Haut et Court
Production
VideoFilmes
Production
Miramax
Studio
Dan Valley Film AG
Production
France · Switzerland · Brazil
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Abril Despedaçado
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 2001
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · December 12, 2001
Limited theatrical
Switzerland · December 13, 2001
Theatrical
Brazil
May 1, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
April 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 1, 2003 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
March 8, 2002 · Theatrical
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