Song of the Sea (1953)
1h 24m
Running Time
October 3, 1953Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Margarida Cardoso
Actress
Cacilda Lanuza
Actress
Ruy Saraiva
Actor
Aurora Duarte
Actress
Alfredo de Oliveira
Actor
Alberto Vilar
Actor
Miriam Nunes
Actress
Glauce Bandeira
Actress
Débora Borba
Actress
Maria do Carmo Xavier
Actress
Antônio Martinelli
(as Antonio Martineli)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Director
Hermilo Borba Filho
Writer
José Mauro de Vasconcelos
Writer
Guerra Peixe
Composer
Cyril Arapoff
Cinematographer
Paolo Reale
Cinematographer
José Cañizares
Editor
Adalberto Vieira
Assistant Director
Jorge Pisani
Makeup Artist
Sergio Alvarez
Sound
George Pessis
Assistant Camera
Hilario Marcelino
Sound
José de Souza Alencar
Assistant Director
Bartolomeu Andrade
Assistant Director
Ricardo Sievers
Art Direction
Olavo Costa
Sound Assistant
Delson Lima
Still Photographer
José Gonçalves
Continuity
Antonio Tenuta
Electrician
Luiz Andrade
Continuity
Ernani Dantas
Fernando Becker
Details.
Wiki.
Song of the Sea (Portuguese: O Canto do Mar) is a 1952 Brazilian drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Luiz Andrade. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Its poetic realist style incorporates elements of documentary and melodrama. The film depicts the migration of families away from drought in the north east of Brazil and their struggle for survival.