1931 / Brazil / 120'’ / status : completed
Three castaways, a man and two women, adrift in a small boat on the ocean, share their stories, revealing the unique destinies that led them to their shared predicament.
Restored in 2010 by the Cinemateca Brasileira and Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Arquivo Mario Peixoto, Saulo Pereira de Mello, and Walter Salles. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.
Press
“Feverishly beautiful and desperately ambitious.”
The New York Times
“The remarkably luscious and mobile cinematography alone makes it well worth seeing.”
The Chicago Reader