Birdwatchers ( La terra degli uomini rossi ) ( Terra Vermelha )

Birdwatchers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La terra degli uomini rossi
Alternate Title: Terra Vermelha
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Brazil ( Latin America, Mexico )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Marco Bechis

Written By:
Marco Bechis
Luiz Bolognesi

Actors:
Claudio Santamaria ..... Roberto
Alicélia Batista Cabreira ..... Lia
Chiara Caselli ..... Beatrice
Abrísio da Silva Pedro ..... Osvaldo
Matheus Nachtergaele ..... Dimas
Ambrósio Vilhava ..... Nádio
Ademilson Concianza Verga ..... Irineu
Leonardo Medeiros ..... Moreira - the farmer
Eliane Juca da Silva ..... Mami
Fabiane Pereira da Silva ..... Maria
Taiane Arce ..... Kinha
César Chedid ..... Farmer
Temily Comar ..... Maria's friend
Nelson Concianza ..... Nhanderu
Luciane da Silva ..... Rosália
Camila Caetano Ferreira ..... Elma
Inéia Arce Gonçalves ..... Maid
Urbano Palácio ..... Josimar
Poli Fernandez Souza ..... Tito
Luiz Mário Vicente ..... Attorney general

Synopsis:

Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), today. The fazenderos are leading their wealthy life in boredom. They have transgenic plantations that stretch as far as the eye can see and spend their evenings in the company of the Birdwatchers, tourists who have come to watch the birds. On the borders of their land, the malaise of the Indians is growing. Forced to live in reservations, the natives the legitimate inhabitants of that land lead a life with absolutely no future whatsoever; many of them, the young in particular, commit suicide. It is another suicide that sparks off the rebellion. Following the guidance of the leader Nadio and a shaman, a group of Indians sets up camp outside one of the properties to demand the restitution of their land. Two conflicting worlds thus confront one another. The metaphoric confrontation soon turns into a real conflict but, even during the hostilities, the two worlds do not stop studying one another. The young people in particular do not stop being curious "about the other", not even during the fighting. It is this very curiosity that will give way to a profound relationship between Osvaldo, a young shaman apprentice and the daughter of a fazendero.

The fazendeiros lead a wealthy and leisurely existence. They own huge fields with transgenic plantations and they spend their nights with tourists who come birdwatching.Meanwhile, at the borders of their lands, the uneasiness of the indios, who were the legitimate inhabitants of those lands, is rapidly growing. Enclosed in reserves, with no other perspective except that of working as semi-slaves in sugarbeet plantations, many young people commit suicide. And it is a suicide which stirs up a rebellion. Led by an indio, Nadio, and by a shaman, a group of Guarani-Kaiowà starts camping outside one of the properties to claim their land back.Two opposing worlds facing each other. They engage a metaphorical as well as a real war. But they never stop studying each other. Its the young people mainly who are curious of the other. A curiosity which will create a deep bond between the young shaman apprentice Osvaldo and a fazenderos daughter

When a tribe of indigenous Guarani Indians attempts to re-inhabit their ancestral land, which lies on the border of a wealthy landowner's fields, tensions escalate.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 28 October, 2009.

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