Tieta of Agreste
1996 · Movie · 120 min. · Brazil
Sant'Ana do Agreste, a small village in the Bahia region, is bubbling with anticipation as it prepares to welcome back Tieta (Sonia Braga), a country girl returning to her native village after an absence of 26 years. At 17, Tieta's sexual indiscretions were denounced by her elder sister Perpétua (Marilia Pera) and she was thrown out of the family home by her father Zé Esteves (Chico Anysio). Tieta is the story of a rich and powerful widow of a São Paolo industrialist, who after long years, returns to her small village, in rural Bahia. which she had left as a young woman. Since her departure from her village, the only contact she has had with her family has been through letters sent from a P.O. Box in São Paulo. Tieta soon gets involved with her nephew and embarks on a torrid relationship with the religiousyoung man.
Direction Carlos Diegues
Cast Sônia Braga · Claudia Abreu · Zezé Motta · Marilia Pêra · Chico Anysio · Patrícia França · Leon Goes
Soundtrack Caetano Veloso
Screenplay Carlos Diegues · João Ubaldo Ribeiro · Antônio Calmon · Jorge Amado
Cinematography Edgar Moura
Original title Tieta do Agreste
6.1
209 votes (FilmAffinity)
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