Narradores de Javé
2003 film
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Narradores de Javé (The Storytellers) is a 2003 Brazilian film by Eliane Caffé.
Nelson Xavier
| Narradores de Javé | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eliane Caffé |
| Starring | José Dumont Nelson Xavier |
| Cinematography | Hugo Kovensky |
| Edited by | Daniel Rezende |
| Music by | DJ Dolores |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Countries | |
| Language | Portuguese |
Plot
A small and poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a planned dam, and believe that the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As the inhabitants are illiterate, they ask Antônio Biá for help, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out libellous letters as a way to keep his job in the town's little-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the town began, and finds each inhabitant has their own version.
Cast
- José Dumont .... Antonio Biá
- Matheus Nachtergaele .... Souza
- Nélson Dantas .... Vicentino
- Rui Resende .... Vado
- Gero Camilo .... Firmino
- Luci Pereira .... Deodora / Mariardina
- Nelson Xavier .... Zaqueu
- Altair Lima .... Galdério
- Henrique Lisboa .... Cirilo
- Maurício Tizumba.... Samuel
Inspiration
The figure of the protagonist Antônio Biá, portrayed by José Dumont, was freely inspired by a real person:[1] the prospector, volunteer postman, and memoirist Pedro Cordeiro Braga (1917–2000), a resident of the Vau settlement, a rural district of the municipality of Diamantina, in the Jequitinhonha Valley (Minas Gerais).
