Brazil's 2000 entry in the Academy Awards' Foreign Language Film category revisits the Appalachian-level poverty of the country's northeast, memorably explored in CENTRAL STATION (1998). This earthier, if equally lyrical, tale of a polygamous peasant woman unfolds like a sociologist's campfire tale: In a dusty village square, Darlene (Regina Casé), pregnant and in a wedding dress, finds herself stood up. It's clearly the latest setback of a rural life that's made her stoic without diluting her passion. She determinedly leaves town, but returns three years later with little but her child in tow. Sturdy and strapping, with the big hips and swollen bosom of a fertility ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins