30 minutes. Three actors. One pregnant woman vs Death itself. Brazilian cinema just hit different.
Lost in the middle of nowhere, a pregnant Woman and a hopeful Man walk in search of Getting There, an unknown place where Hope reigns and the days are good. The Death, always lurking, tries to change the paths of the wanderers and transform their dreams into hopelessness. A seed given by Hope can change the course of the retreatants and take them to the long-awaited place of prosperity.
Acting
Davi Ângelo's dual performance as Death AND Hope
Production
Ceará's drought landscapes as existential character
Direction
Tibúrcio channels Clara Law by way of Glauber Rocha
Director
Márcio Tibúrcio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Retirantes refers to the drought refugees of Brazil's 1877-79 Grande Seca—this film reimagines that historical trauma through magical realism, much like the cordel literature tradition referenced in its keywords.
Shot in Sobral, Ceará, the film's 30-minute runtime deliberately mirrors the structure of a medieval auto sacramental—the religious allegorical plays that give it its title.
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