The Third Bank of the River

Synopsis

After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, including his son who continues to communicate with his father, speaking daily to him from the river bank. While offering an evocative vision of rural Brazil as a timeless land of mystery and solemnity, The Third Bank of the River is also bitingly satiric in the remarkable depiction of religious belief when the family moves to the city and its youngest member, a mesmerizing little girl, is revealed to be a kind of saint, capable of miraculous acts. -Harvard Film Archive

Main Cast

Ilya São Paulo

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Maria Ribeiro

Age : 101 | Popularity : 3%

Vanja Orico

Age : 85 | Popularity : 7%

Jofre Soares

Age : 77 | Popularity : 10%

Renato Matos

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Affonso Brazza

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gilson Moura

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Andrade Jr.

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Nelson Pereira dos Santos
	Novel	Guimarães Rosa
Directing	Director	Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Production	Producer	Ney Santanna
Sound	Original Music Composer	Milton Nascimento
	Sound	Chico Bororo
Editing	Editor	Luelane Corrêa Carlos Alberto Camuyrano
Camera	Director of Photography	Fernando Duarte
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Siron Franco Ivelise Iass
Department	Role	Name

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