Barren Lives (1963)

19631h 48mdir. Nelson Pereira dos SantosPortugueseBrazildrama film

With Átila Iório

Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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Barren Lives (Vidas secas, (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvidɐs ˈsekɐs], meaning "Dry Lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas sêcas) is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast.

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