Captains of the Sands

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Original title: Capitães da Areia
Year: 2011
Running time: 96 min.
Country: Brazil
Director: Cecília Amado, Guy Gonçalves
Screenwriter: Cecília Amado, Hilton Lacerda (Novel: Jorge Amado)
Music: Carlinhos Brown
Cinematography: Guy Gonçalves
Cast: Jean Luis Amorim, Ana Graciela, Roberio Lima, Israel Gouvea, Paulo Abade, Marinho Gonçalves, Ana Cecília Costa, Jussilene Santana
Producer: Lagoa Cultural & Esportiva
Genre: Adventure. Drama | 1950s. Childhood. Friendship
Synopsis / Plot: Salvador, Bahia - Brazil, alive with the charm of the 1950s, A gang of street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" are hunted like common criminals. As we draw closer, we see that they are just children, almost a hundred of them, completely abandoned. But they won't be children for long: by the end of this odyssey, many will have become men. A year in the lives of these boys, in which they have incredible adventures, the most wonderful dreams, visit hell, discover sex, death, freedom!

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