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| Title Statement | The middle of the world [DVD] / produced by Bruno Barreto & Angelo Gastal ; screenplay, David França Mendes ; directed by Vincente Amorim. |
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| Series | Festival collection ;11 |
| Additional Contributors | Amorim, Vicente |
| Abreu, Cláudia,1971- | |
| Moura, Wagner,1976- | |
| Lacerda, Ravi Ramos | |
| Publication | [Toronto]: Distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media, [2005] |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 629159032702 |
| Other Number | 1570576 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Widescreen version. |
| Performance Credits | Cláudia Abreu, Wagner Moura, Ravi Ramos Lacerda. |
| Languages | In Portuguese with subtitles in English. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. Based on a true story, The Middle of the World follows a family of seven on a journey 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge is explored. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Poor families--Fiction--Voyages and travels--Brazil |
| Work and family--Fiction--Brazil | |
| Foreign films | |
| Motion pictures, Brazilian | |
| By Location | Brazil--Fiction |
