A coming-of-age so quiet you'll hear your own childhood crack open.
A film on childhood in Brazilian countryside. The boy faces changes which leave no alternative than maturity.
Acting
Bernardo Luiz carries whole film with zero precociousness.
Cinematography
Brazilian countryside shot like a memory you're not sure is yours.
Director
Robney Bruno Almeida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Robney Bruno Almeida cast non-professionals from actual rural communities, explaining the documentary-like authenticity that makes Bento's world feel lived-in rather than performed.
The film quietly documents Brazil's shrinking rural interior, where children like Bento increasingly face accelerated adulthood as economic pressures dismantle traditional family structures.
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