Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado)
— Searing heat and boiling tempers in the Brazilian outback.”
- Director: Walter Salles
- Brazil, 2001
Sandwiched between the superb Central Station and the even better Motorcycle Diaries, Salles’ period adaptation of an Albanian novel makes memorable cinema out of the simplest of storylines.
Walter Carvalho’s cinematography expresses aridity, drudgery and wilderness in a style reminiscent of Sergio Leone’s westerns, as Tonho (played sensitively by Rodrigo Santoro) struggles to break out of the suffocating existence imposed on his family by a long-running blood feud.
In common with his great films to date, Behind the Sun is another lyrical example of the director’s attempts to breathe humanity into the most inhuman of environments and it succeeds with surprising economy.
See also:
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Dancer In The Dark
Director: Lars Von Trier Denmark et al, 2000 Only a bunch of die-hards could create this kind of electrifying cinema and Von Trier’s shoots are famously uncomfortable affairs. Perhaps that’s the key
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Memories of Murder
Intense Korean drama packed with atmosphere and powerful emotion.
- Originally published: 26 Jul 2007 in Film
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