The middle of the world (O caminho das nuvens)
(DVD)

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Contributors
Amorim, Vicente. Director
Mendes, David França, 1962- Screenwriter
Barreto, Bruno. Producer
Gastal, Angelo. Producer
Barreto, Lucy. Producer
Published
[New York] : Film Movement, c2004.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
On Shelf
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Bicycles -- Drama.
Brazil -- Economic conditions -- Drama.
Families -- Brazil -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Migration, Internal -- Brazil -- Drama.
Motion pictures -- Brazil.
Motion pictures, Brazilian.
Road films.
Other Subjects
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Foreign language films -- Portuguese.

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Published
[New York] : Film Movement, c2004.
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
por
UPC
616892578826

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
"Co-produc?a?o, Miravista, Globo Filmes, Mega Color, Riofilme Distribuidora, Quanta, Lereby Produc?o?es."
General Note
"April 2004 selection"--Disc label.
General Note
Videodisc release of a 2003 production.
General Note
Special features: biographies, trailer, Brin Hill's The Ecology of love ; also available from Film Movement.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Gustavo Hadba ; editor, Pedro Amorim ; music, Andre? Abujamra.
Participants/Performers
Cla?udia Abreu, Wagner Moura, Ravi Ramos Lacerda, Manoel Sebastia?o Alves Filho, Manoel Sebastia?o Alves Filho, Carol Castro, Lai?s Corre?a, Ci?cera Cristina Almino de Lima, Ci?cero Wesley A. Ferreira, Claudio Jaborandy.
Description
Based on a true story, The Middle of the World is the story of a couple and their five children -- ages ranging from 6 months to 14 years old -- as they travel 3,200 km by bicycle to chase a dream. Romao, an illiterate and unemployed truck driver, and his wife Rose, leave the State of Paraiba in Brazil, and over the course of six months, travel across five states to reach Rio de Janeiro, in a quest for a job and a decent life.
System Details
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1., stereo; enhanced for widescreen (16x9).
Language
Soundtrack in Portuguese with optional English subtitles.

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