GREAT SERTÃO

GRANDE SERTÃO

By Guel ARRAES

PARANOID FILMES - as PROD

Epic - Completed 2023

Based on the literary work by João Guimarães Rosa, it transposes the violence from the ‘jagunços’ rebels of the Sertão to the bandits of the urban periphery. In an epic tone, the story follows Riobaldo’s trajectory, a teacher who joined the gang out of love for Diadorim.

Festivals
& Awards

PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights 2023
Critic's Pick - Best Director
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Epic, Romance, Book adaptation
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 114 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Guel ARRAES
    • Writer(s)
    • Guel ARRAES, Jorge FURTADO
    • Producer(s)
    • Heitor DHALIA (PARANOID FILMES), Egisto BETTI (PARANOID FILMES), Manoel RANGEL (PARANOID FILMES)
    • Synopsis
    • In a gigantic community on a Brazilian periphery called “Grande Sertão” the struggles between police and bandits took on the air of a real war bringing the common questions to the epic genre: loyalty, life and death, love, courage etc. Riobaldo, regenerated bandit, is the story's narrator. He turned to crime out of love for Diadorim, but never had the courage to reveal his passion for a man.