72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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São Bernardo

Leon Hirszman
Brazil
Synopsis

Paulo Honorio, a street trades in the "sertao", decides to snatch the São Bernardo "fazenda" from its incompetent propietor. This achieved, he decides to create a family and marries madalena, the school teacher. Obssessed by jealousy, Paulo Honorio continually suspects that his wife is being unfaithful to him. After an argument over a letter which he considers to be a love letter, Madalena commits suicide. Caught between uncertainty andloneliness, Paulo reflects upon his life.

Director
Leon Hirszman (Brazil)
Production
Mapa Filmes / Saga Filmes (Brazil)
Marcio Noronha
Running Time
110 m.
Country
Brazil
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