35mm | 2009 | Color | Fiction | 75'

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Directors: Karim Aïnouz, Marcelo Gomes

Cast: Irandhir Santos

Editor: Karen Harley

Editing Assistant and Post-Production Coordinator: Fabian Remy

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Venice Festival - Horizons

Rio International Film Festival

Havana Festival

Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix

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Geologist José Renato is sent to the scrublands of the Sertão, a semi-arid isolated region in the northeast of Brazil. The goal of his survey is to assess possible routes for a water canal from the region’s only voluminous river. For many of the region’s inhabitants, the canal will be a lifeline.​​

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