Release, runtime and language

1995 · 100 mins · Portuguese

Directed by

Monique Gardenberg

Starring

Luciana Souza, Henry Czerny, Patrick Bauchau, Lázaro Ramos, Daniel Dantas, Caco Monteiro

American journalist Michael Coleman, a weary expatriate writing for a Brazilian newspaper, is obsessed with Father Stephen Louis, a charismatic priest opposing the ruthless landowners of Bahia. After three months of silence, Coleman travels alone into the volatile region to secure a key interview before Congress votes on a land‑redistribution bill.