Vidas secas (film)

Vidas Secas
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Written by	Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Produced by	Luiz Carlos Barreto Herbert Richers Danilo Trelles
Starring	Átila Iório Maria Ribeiro
Cinematography	Luiz Carlos Barreto
Edited by	Rafael Justo Valverde
Music by	Leonardo Alencar
Production company	Herbert Richers
Distributed by	Herbert Richers Sinofilmes
Release date	22 August 1963 (1963-08-22) (Brazil)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

Vidas secas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvidɐs ˈsekɐs], meaning "Dry Lives"; Pre-Reform spelling: Vidas sêcas) is a 1963 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, and based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Graciliano Ramos. It tells the story of a poverty-stricken family in the dry Brazilian northeast.

The film stars Átila Iório, Orlando Macedo, Maria Ribeiro and Joffre Soares. It is one of the key films in the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]