Movielogr
Song of the Sea (1953)
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Overview
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.
Length 84 minutes
Actors
Aurora Duarte | Cacilda Lanuza | Margarida Cardoso | Alfredo de Oliveira | Ruy Saraiva | Alberto Vilar | Miriam Nunes | Glauce Bandeira | Débora Borba | Maria do Carmo Xavier | Fernando Becker | Antônio Martinelli | Ernani Dantas | Luiz Andrade