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The Storytellers (2003) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 19, 2003

Original Title:
Narradores de Javé

Alternate Titles:
Javé Valley

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Bananeira Filmes
Gullane Entretenimento
Laterit Productions

Production Countries:
Brazil | France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.

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Production

Art Direction:
Carla Caffé

Camera Operator:
Jorge Pfister

Casting:
Elson Rosario
Vivian Golombek

Costume Design:
Cristina Camargo

Director:
Eliane Caffé

Director of Photography:
Hugo Kovensky

Editor:
Daniel Rezende

Executive Producer:
Caio Gullane
Fabiano Gullane
Vânia Catani

Makeup Artist:
Uirandê Holanda

Original Music Composer:
DJ Dolores

Producer:
Vânia Catani

Production Director:
André Montenegro
Rui Pires

Screenplay:
Luís Alberto de Abreu
Eliane Caffé

Sound:
Romeu Quinto

Sound Editor:
Miriam Biderman

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