A trophy wife discovers that crude oil isn't the only thing worth drilling for in 1930s Brazil.
American couple move to the State of Ceará, Brazil, in the 1930s. The husband is looking for oil. His beautiful wife, Donna, soon falls in love with a rude but charming fisherman. The forbidden romance may destroy her marriage and upset the morals of the small village where they live.
Cinematography
Ceará's beaches look so good you'll forgive the melodrama.
Costume
Natasha Henstridge sweats elegantly through linen while everyone else wears rags.
Director
Fábio Barreto
Natasha Henstridge
Donna
Eduardo Moscovis
Nô
Andrew McCarthy
Frank
Florinda Bolkan
Mãe Ana
Sophie Ward
Lidia
Odilon Wagner
John
Letícia Sabatella
Benta
Guilherme Karan
Silva
Ângelo Antônio
Tonho
Jackson Costa
Afrânio
Nildo Parente
Padre Jorge
Arduíno Colassanti
Capitão
Jurandir de Oliveira
Juca
Rita Martins
Rita
Charles Paraventi
Dr. Farina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Fábio Barreto also made O Quatrilho, which was actually nominated for an Oscar—unlike this film, which was nominated for nothing.
The film awkwardly romanticizes a colonial fantasy where a white American woman's liberation comes at the expense of Brazilian fishermen's labor and dignity.
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