

Song of the Sea
In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil, groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live, at least with water. Some of them go to Recife, to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern. In the poor area of Recife, an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family. Her husband Zé Luis, a former sailor, is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head. Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street, trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girl-friend Aurora. Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life. Her younger son is seriously sick.
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- Portuguese
- poverty
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BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Luiz, Recife (Special Screening)3 Oct 1953
- PremiereMuseu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo9 Oct 1953
- PremiereSão Luiz, Recife21 Oct 1953
- TheatricalRecife24 Oct 1953
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival18 Oct 2002
- Theatrical (limited)12Cinemateca Brasileira (Retrospectiva "O Brasileiro Alberto Cavalcanti")25 Sept 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival9 Apr 1954
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- PremiereKarlovy Vary Film Festival25 Jul 1954
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Song of the Sea was released on 24 October 1953.
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