The Storytellers

7.2 (29 votes)• 2003• 100m•Released

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A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

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Languages: Yoruba, Portuguese

Director: Eliane Caffé

Starring Cast: José Dumont, Nelson Xavier, Rui Rezende, Gero Camilo, Luci Pereira, Nelson Dantas

Cast

José Dumont

Antônio Biá

Nelson Xavier

Zaqueu

Rui Rezende

Vado

Gero Camilo

Firmino

Luci Pereira

Deodora

Nelson Dantas

Vicentino

Matheus Nachtergaele

Souza

Altair Lima

Galdério

Mauricio Tizumba

Samuel

Mário César Camargo

Pai de Daniel

Sílvia Leblon

Alessandro Azevedo

Orlando Vieira

Bule-Bule

Edmilson Barros

Henrique Lisboa

Iami Rebouças

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