O Fim e o Princípio
MovieTitle | O Fim e o Princípio |
User score | 4.6 |
Release date | Mar 1, 2006 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Eduardo Coutinho |
Production country | Brazil |
Production companies | VideoFilmes |
Run time | 110 min. |
A film that began from zero. Without any previous research, characters, locations or established themes, a film crew arrives at the Paraiba backlands in search of people with stories to tell. In the town of São João do Rio Peixe, they discover the Araçás Farm, a rural community where 86 families live, the majority connected by family ties. Thanks to the mediation of a young woman from Araçás, the residents – consisting mostly of elderly people – tell their life stories, marked by popular Catholicism, hierarchy, a sense of family and honor. A world on the verge of disappearing.