
The Third Bank of the River 1994
Overview
After an extended period directing original screenplays, dos Santos returned to the creative engagement with literature that was the wellspring of his early masterpieces, offering a combinatory adaptation of five stories by the renowned Brazilian novelist João Guimarães Rosa. Openly embracing a mode of magical realism, dos Santos' celebrated film tells the story of a farming family defined by the absence of its father who abruptly abandoned his wife and children, sailing away down the river, inc
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cast

Ilya São Paulo

Maria Ribeiro

Vanja Orico

Jofre Soares
Renato Matos

Affonso Brazza

Gilson Moura

Andrade Jr.

Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva
Sonjia Saurin