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From Walter Salles and Arthur Cohn, the director-producer team behind "Central Station" comes a new film, BEHIND THE SUN. It's based on the book Broken April by the acclaimed European novelist Ismail Kadare.
Set in the Brazilian badlands in 1910, BEHIND THE SUN tells the story of two families locked in a generations-old deadly feud. It started out as a battle over land, but now it's escalated into a series of reprisals that is claiming the lives of the young men on both sides. In one family, the oldest remaining son - distressed by the prospect of death and encouraged by his younger brother - begins to question the cycle of violence. That's when a beautiful young woman from a traveling circus crosses his path.



 

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