A dry, arid, barren landscape. A small village deep inside north-eastern Brazil. Vultures circle above. It is the year 1942 and aspirin is as new to the local inhabitants as the film screenings the young German Johann uses to sell the product. As Johann drives from one village to another, the war in Europe seems far away. On the road he gives a lift to the local villager Ranulpho. You could hardly find two people more different. But Ranulpho soon becomes Johann’s assistant and the story of an unusual friendship starts to unfold. However, this exotic road movie with its convincing atmosphere soon becomes a powerful drama: Brazil enters the war with Germany and Johann suddenly finds himself the enemy.
CINEMA, ASPIRINS AND VULTURES / CINEMA, ASPIRINAS E URUBUS
A film by Marcelo Gomes
(Brazil, 2005, 99 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Now streaming on Amazon Prime
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