The 1963 classic film Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos, newly released on DVD by New Yorker Video, is one of the pivotal works of Brazil's Cinema Novo. Based on the novel by Graciliano Ramos, the documentary-style film is set in Brazil's drought-plagued sertão, or northeastern backlands.
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The 1963 classic film Vidas Secas (Barren Lives), by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos, newly released on DVD by New Yorker Video, is one of the pivotal works of Brazil's Cinema Novo. Based on the novel by Graciliano Ramos, the documentary-style film is set in Brazil's drought-plagued sertão, or northeastern backlands.
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