The Forest
A Selva, feature film, 2002
DIRECTED BY: Leonel Vieira
CAST:
Diogo Morgado (Alberto),
Chico Díaz (Firmino),
Maitę Proença (Dona Yayá),
Gracindo Júnior (Guerreiro),
Ruy de Carvalho (Comendador)
SCRIPT:
Izaías Almada,
Joăo Nunes (prema romanu Ferreira de Castre)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
José António Loureiro
Synopsis:
In 1912, Alberto is a young man of noble descent who gets a job on a rubber plantation in the Amazon. Work conditions in the Amazon are very bad: Indians, malaria and craziness threaten every day. Soon, Alberto is transferred to work in a warehouse and falls in love with an attractive woman named Yayá, who is, unfortunately, his boss’ wife.
color, 105 min