An adaptation of the novel with the same name by José Lins do Rego, including elements of other books by the writer in the so-called sugar cane cycle. In Paraíba in 1920, a little boy called Carlinhos is sent to Santa Rosa after his mother dies, so that his grandfather and uncles can bring him up. There, he witnesses the arrival of a new era, with the advent of modern sugar factories and the socio-economic transformations that brings, which affect everyone’s lives. When he grows up and goes to school, he is no longer the innocent boy he was when he arrived in the community.
Walter Lima Jr.
Trabalhou na criação da Cinemateca do MAM e começou no cinema como assistente de direção em Deus e o diabo na terra do sol. Em 1965, lançou seu primeiro longa, Menino de engenho. Recebeu o Urso de Prata em Berlim 1969 por Brasil ano 2000. Nos anos 1970, dedicou-se à TV. Com A lira do delírio (1978), recebeu cinco prêmios no Festival de Brasília. Por A ostra e o vento, recebeu o prêmio CinemAvvenire no Festival de Veneza 1997.
