Description

Menino de Engenho 1965
1h 22min | Drama | 28 September 1993 (Brazil)
Storyline:1920, in Paraíba. After his mother’s death, the boy Carlinhos (Sávio Rolim) is sent to the Santa Rosa mill to be raised by his grandfather and uncles. There he witnesses the arrival of a new era, with the advent of modern sugar mills and the economic and social transformations that sugarcane production goes through, changes that will affect everyone’s life. When he grows up and goes to school, he is no longer the naive and innocent boy who arrived at the mill.
Director: Walter Lima Jr.
Writers: Walter Lima Jr., José Lins do Rego (novel)
Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Sávio Rolim, Rodolfo Arena
Country of origin: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Also known as: Boy of the Plantation
IMDB Profile tt0059443

Plantation Boy (1965)

1965

7.2

Director: Walter Lima Jr.

Writers: Walter Lima Jr., José Lins do Rego

Stars: Geraldo Del Rey, Sávio Rolim, Rodolfo Arena

Summary: In Brazil in the 1920s, boy is sent to live with some parents in a sugarcane plantation, after losing his mother. His adaptation will be difficult and painful.

Also known as: Menino de Engenho on DVD