1 Movie Directed by Cecèlia Amado

Capitèes da Areia

Capitèes da Areia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-07

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, Portugal

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (601 Reviews)

Genres:

Adventure

Cast:

Writer:

Cecèlia Amado (screenplay)

Jorge Amado (novel)

Hilton Lacerda (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, alive with the charm of the 1950s, A gang of street kids known as "Capitèes da Areia" (Captains of the Sands) are hunted like common criminals. As we draw closer, we see that they are just children, almost a hundred of them, completely abandoned. But they won't be children for long: by the end of this odyssey, many will have become men. A year in the lives of these boys, in which they have incredible adventures, the most wonderful dreams, visit hell, discover sex, death, freedom!

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