A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.
Cast
Átila Iório
Gaúcho
Nelson Xavier
Mário
Maria Gladys
Luísa
Leonidas Bayer
Sargento
Ivan Cândido
301
Paulo César Peréio
Pedro
Hugo Carvana
José
Mauricio Loyola
Religious Man
Ruy Polanah
Bar owner
Joel Barcellos
Man with dead child
Antônio Pitanga
Voice
Cecil Thiré
Unknown
Maria Adélia
Unknown
Paulo Campos
Unknown
Hugo Kusnet
Unknown
Maria Ligia
Unknown
Billy Davis
Unknown
Crew
Ruy Guerra
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Miguel Torres
Screenplay
Raimundo Higino
Editor, Production Director
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Cecil Thiré
Assistant Director, Second Unit
Ruy Polanah
Assistant Director, Production Manager
Jarbas Barbosa
Producer
Gilberto Perrone
Producer
Rômulo Almeida
Production Assistant
Wilmar Menezes
Production Assistant
Nelson Dantas
Production Assistant
Calazans Neto
Production Design
Afonso Henriques
Assistant Camera
Hugo Kusnet
Assistant Camera
Maria Adélia
Makeup & Hair
Eduardo Sidney
Sound Designer
Geraldo José
Sound
Moacir Santos
Original Music Composer
Ruben Azevedo
Script Supervisor
Billy Davis
Production Manager
Ziraldo
Title Graphics, Art Direction
José Higino
Production Office Assistant
