Song of the Sea (1952 film)
1952 film
- 1952 (1952)
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Song of the Sea (Portuguese: O Canto do Mar) is a 1952 Brazilian drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Luiz Andrade. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Its poetic realist style incorporates elements of documentary and melodrama.[2] The film depicts the migration of families away from drought in the north east of Brazil and their struggle for survival.[3]
Cast
- Luiz Andrade
- Glauce Bandeira
- Fernando Becker
- Débora Borba
- Margarida Cardoso
- Ernani Dantas
- Alfredo de Oliveira
- Aurora Duarte
- Cacilda Lanuza
- Antônio Martinelli
- Miriam Nunes
- Ruy Saraiva
- Alberto Vilar
- Maria do Carmo Xavier
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Song of the Sea". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ^ Aitken, Ian (4 January 2013). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781136512063 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bayman, Louis; Pinazza, Natália (2 March 2013). Directory of World Cinema: Brazil. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781783200092 – via Google Books.
External links
- Song of the Sea at IMDb
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Films directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
- Yvette (1928)
- Captain Fracasse (1929)
- The Devil's Holiday (1931)
- Coralie and Company (1934)
- Went the Day Well? (1942)
- Champagne Charlie (1944)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
- They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
- The First Gentleman (1948)
- For Them That Trespass (1949)
- Song of the Sea (1952)
- Rien que les heures (1926)
- Coal Face (1935)
- Night Mail (1936)
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