The Storytellers

APPROPIATE

2003 / 100min.

Rating7.348

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

Directors

Actors

Matheus Nachtergaele

Gero Camilo

Orlando Vieira

Altair Lima

José Dumont

Edmilson Barros

Nelson Xavier

Luci Pereira

Rui Rezende

Nelson Dantas

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