Pau Brasil

Pau Brasil

2014 · 98 min · Drama

In Pau Brasil, a small, lost village in the heart of Brazil, the families of Joaquim and Nives live side by side. Despite living in the same perverse structure of social oppression, they deal with life in radically different ways.

Directed by Fernando Beléns · Written by Fernando Beléns

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