- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
Alberto es un joven portugués de ideas monárquicas, que en 1912 se encuentraexiliado en Belém do Pará. Allí es contratado por Velasco, un capataz español,para trabajar en el cauchal de Juca Tristao en pleno corazón de la Amazonia.Después de un largo viaje por el río Amazonas, en condiciones infrahumanas,llega al cauchal Paraíso donde es puesto a trabajar en la recolección delcaucho, en mitad de la selva, bajo la protección del cearense Firmino.Alberto descubre allí un mundo que le es extraño y salvaje, en el que losindios, la fiebre y la locura de los hombre son peligros cotidianos. Perotambién descubre la amistad, la lealtad y la solidaridad de los caucherosfrente al poder despótico de sus exploradores.
Alberto, a young Portuguese man with monarchist ideas, is in exile in Belém doPará in 1912. There he is employed by Velasco, a Spanish foreman, to work inJuca Tristao, a rubber plantation in the heart of the Amazon.After a long journey down the River Amazon under subhuman conditions he arrivesat the Paraiso rubber plantation where he is put to work collecting rubber inthe middle of the jungle under the protection of the Firmino.Alberto discovers a world which is strange and wild for him, in which theIndians, fever and the madness of men are everyday dangers. But he also findsfriendship, loyalty and the solidarity of the rubber plantation workers againstthe despotic power of their exploiters.
Alberto est un jeune portugais aux idées monarchiques qui, en 1912, est exilé àBelém do Pará. Il y est engagé par Velasco, un contremaître espagnol, pourtravailler dans la plantation de caoutchouc de Juca Tristao, au cœur del’Amazone.Au terme d’un long voyage sur le fleuve Amazone, dans des conditionsinfrahumaines, il arrive à la plantation Paraíso où on le met à travailler à larécolte du caoutchouc, au milieu de la forêt vierge, sous la protection deFirmino.Alberto découvre un monde inconnu et sauvage, dans lequel les indiens, lafièvre et la folie des hommes sont des dangers quotidiens. Mais il y découvreégalement l’amitié, la loyauté et la solidarité des récolteurs de caoutchoucface au pouvoir despotique de ceux qui les exploitent.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Elejalde, Karra | Velasco |
Cast | Morgado, Diogo | Alberto |
Cast | Diaz, Chico | Firmino |
Cast | Proença, Maitê | Doña Yaya |
Cast | Marzo, Cláudio | Juca Tristaô |
Cast | Júnior, Gracindo | Sr. Guerreiro |
Cast | Bonfim, Roberto | Caetano |
Cast | Dumont, Zé | Agostinho |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Mendez, Luis | |
Production | Trancoso, Paulo | |
Directed by | Vieira, Leonel | |
Executive Production | Vieira, Leonel | |
Executive Production | Costa, Bob | |
Associate Production | Ccf-Br Produçoes Ltda. (Brasil) | |
Associate Production | Sky Light Cinema Foto E Arte Ltda. (Brasil) | |
Line Production | Cruz, Oscar(Portugal) | |
Line Production | Garijo, Jose(España) | |
Screenplay | Almada, Izaias | |
Screenplay | Nunes, Joâo | |
Plot | Basado En La Novela 'A Selva' De Ferreira De Castro | |
Cinematography | Loureiro, José Antonio(A.I.P.) | |
Score | Gancedo, Eva | |
Film Editing | Castañon, Luis | |
Production Design - Art Direction | Silvaira, Sergio | |
Costume | Diaz, María | |
Costume | Bilbao, Clara | |
Sound Mixer | Darrin, Silvio | |
Sound Design | Saavedra, Alicia | |
Re-recording mixer | Garrido, Carlos | |
Assistant Director | Cayatte, João | |
Casting | Italo, Marcia | |
Make-up | Bezerra, Amaro | |
Hairdressing | Candido, João | |
Special Effects | Lopes, Víctor | |
Visual Effects | Molinare | |
Steadicam | Phister, Jorge | |
Other info | Post-Producción España: | |
Other info | Sánchez, Eugenio |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 13 | 110 min. | 11/21/2002 |
Trailer Rating | Runtime | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 0 min. seg. | 11/19/2002 |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2002 |
Production year | 2001 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | 35 mm. |
Running time | 104 minutos |
Original footage | 2.848 mt |
Sound Studios | Cinearte, S.A. |
Emulsion | Fujicolor |
Aspect ratio | Scope 1:2,35 |
Camera model | Panavision Fanaflex - Patino |
Laboratories | Fotofilm Madrid, S.A. |
Laboratories | Molinare |
Edit Facilities | Cinearte, S.A. |
- Film Info
Tag | Information |
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Star-up shooting date | 10/1/2001 |
Ending shooting date | 11/5/2001 |
Locations | BRASIL (Days: 30) |
- Other Titles of the Movie
Tag | Information |
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Other titles | A SELVA |
Other titles | La forêt vierge |
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