Cinema: Behind The Sun
Deep in the Brazilian back country, circa 1910, two families engage in a vendetta. The Breves are poor and losing the fight. One of their sons (Rodrigo Santoro) runs from it, finds love with a traveling entertainer (Flavia Marco Antonio), but not without bleak consequences. This movie is more emotionally remote than Salles' fine Central Station. But it is starkly beautiful and says something potent to a world in which nations, like these families, engage in mindless blood feuds.
--By Richard Schickel
Most Popular »
- The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran'
- Tiger Woods' Sponsors: Will Any Stick by Him?
- Super-Earth: Astronomers Find a Watery New Planet
- Israel vs. Hizballah: Drumbeats of War
- Under U.S. Pressure, Pakistan Balks at Helping on Afghan Taliban
- Church Group Attacks Christmas Commercialism
- America's Most Wanted Teenage Bandit
- Proposed 'Botox Tax' Draws Wide Array of Opponents
- Why Home Churches are Filling Up
- Joe Klein's Annual Teddy Awards
- Church Group Attacks Christmas Commercialism
- Super-Earth: Astronomers Find a Watery New Planet
- Why Home Churches are Filling Up
- Proposed 'Botox Tax' Draws Wide Array of Opponents
- The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran'
- Tiger Woods' Sponsors: Will Any Stick by Him?
- Joe Klein's Annual Teddy Awards
- America's Most Wanted Teenage Bandit
- Under U.S. Pressure, Pakistan Balks at Helping on Afghan Taliban
- Study: European Muslims Feel Shut Out
Top Stories on TIME.com
Quotes of the Day »
BRYAN WHITMAN, Pentagon spokesman, on Iraqi insurgents hacking into the Pentagon's surveillance system and intercepting live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones
RSS