The Call of the Oboe
MovieTitle | O Toque do Oboé |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Aug 1, 1998 |
Genre | Drama, Fantasy |
Director | Cláudio MacDowell |
Production country | Brazil, Paraguay |
Production companies | Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Skylight Cinema Foto Art, Ara Films Productions, Imágica Produções, RioFilme |
Run time | 120 min. |
The plot deals with the developments in an old decadent village after a stranger arrives at the old train station, an event in itself. This stranger is a Brazilian musician who carries and plays his "oboe". The music from the oboe, the musician's instrument, will change the lives of everyone involved, and that small village itself will forever be changed by the sound of the oboe.