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Summary:

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. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes. Also released as Barren Lives. OCIC Award and Nominated for Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival, 1964. Award of the City of Valladolid, Valladolid International Film Festival, 1966. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Brazil.

Contributors:

Infobase , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

RetroFilm Archive (Firm)

Languages:

Portuguese
English

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned.

Genres:

Internet videos

Online media

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Originally released by RetroFilm Archive, 1963.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 07, 2023.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Title from distributor's description

Audience:

Grades: 9 - 12, Academic/AP
Special audience characteristics: A V Quality

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 40 min., 0 sec)) : sound.

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Infobase: 288313

OCLC Numbers:

1381542624

Other Control Numbers:

1000288313 (source: FOD)
[Unknown Type]: wcc1000288313