Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/02/2004(USA
Release Date: 09/12/2006
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Por
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 86 Minutes
Flags: Profanity, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Film Movement
A father desperate to improve his family's circumstances takes them on an unusual journey in this
drama from Brazil.
Romão (
Wagner Moura) is a truck driver who has fallen on hard times; illiterate and unable to find work at a living wage,
Romão and his wife,
Rose (
Cláudia Abreu), decide to leave the Northwestern provinces of Brazil and head east for Rio de Janeiro, which is 2,000 miles away. With no vehicle at their disposal,
Romão,
Rose, and their five children make the journey on bicycles. Along the way, they face physical and emotional hardship and bear witness to the many ways in which the nation they knew is changing.
Romão also finds himself coming to a crossroads with his oldest son,
Antônio (
Ravi Ramos Lacerda), a teenager who has become openly defiant of his parents.
O Caminho das Nuvens (aka
The Middle of the World) was the first dramatic feature from
documentary filmmaker
Vincente Amorim.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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