Behind the Sun (film)
2001 film by Walter Salles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Behind the Sun (Portuguese: Abril Despedaçado) is a 2001 social drama film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro. Its original Portuguese title means Shattered April, and it is based on the 1978 novel Broken April written by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, about the honor culture in the North of Albania.
Behind the Sun | |
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Directed by | Walter Salles |
Written by | Karim Aïnouz Sérgio Machado Walter Salles João Moreira Salles Daniela Thomas |
Based on | Broken April by Ismail Kadare |
Produced by | Arthur Cohn |
Starring | Rodrigo Santoro José Dumont Rita Assemany |
Edited by | Isabelle Rathery |
Music by | Ed Cortês Antonio Pinto Beto Villares |
Production company | Videofilmes |
Distributed by | Lumiére Pictures (Brazil)[1] Mars Distribution (France)[1] |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Countries | Brazil France Switzerland |
Language | Portuguese |
Budget | $4 million |
Box office | R$2.063.956[2] ($928,037) |
Co-produced by Brazil, France, and Switzerland,[3][4] it was shot entirely in Bahia, taking place in Bom Sossego, a district of the city of Oliveira dos Brejinhos, and in the cities of Caetité and Rio de Contas.[5] The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.