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O Fim e o Princípio

O Fim e o Princípio

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 2006

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

46%

Original Title

O Fim e o Princípio

Production Companies

VideoFilmes

Director

Eduardo Coutinho

Description

A film that began from zero. Without any previous research, characters, locations or established themes, a film crew arrives at the Paraiba backlands in search of people with stories to tell. In the town of São João do Rio Peixe, they discover the Araçás Farm, a rural community where 86 families live, the majority connected by family ties. Thanks to the mediation of a young woman from Araçás, the residents – consisting mostly of elderly people – tell their life stories, marked by popular Catholicism, hierarchy, a sense of family and honor. A world on the verge of disappearing.