Song of the Sea (1953)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Aurora Duarte

Cacilda Lanuza

Margarida Cardoso

Alfredo de Oliveira

(as Alfredo Oliveira)

Ruy Saraiva

(as Rui Saraiva)

Alberto Vilar

Miriam Nunes

(as Miria Nunes)

Glauce Bandeira

Débora Borba

Maria do Carmo Xavier

Fernando Becker

Antônio Martinelli

(as Antonio Martineli)

Director & Crew

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