Behind the Sun
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings
- Starring: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro
- Summary: Set in the Brazilian badlands in 1910, Behind the Sun tells the story of two families locked in a generations-old deadly feud. It started out as a battle over land, but now it's escalated into a series of reprisals that is claiming the lives of the young men on both sides. (Miramax Films)
- Director: Walter Salles
- Genre(s): Drama
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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100That tragedy looms heavily in Behind the Sun only makes its life-affirming moments -- resonate more deeply and powerfully in a film that is one of the year's best.
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80The movie's subject is brotherly love in all its extremes; the trajectory is grimly inevitable, and yet its final descent still manages to startle.
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80Salles is a master storyteller, and the film's pacing is flawless.
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60A film with a bare-bones story told with such potency that its occasional flights of heavy-handed symbolism are easily excused.
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Positive: 11 out of 11
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