Ana

A stark, socially conscious short that feels like a tense road journey through hardship, with a brave woman's stand giving a glimmer of hope.

Directed by

Alex Viany

Genres

Drama

Starring

Vanja Orico, Aracy Cardoso, Marlene França

Overview

A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better life. Along their travel, one of the women delivers a baby on the road. The driver, indeed, intends to carry them to the slave-work in the fields of a powerful "colonel", but the brave Ana faces the foreman of the farm and the driver, and the truck follows to the hired final destination.

How it feels

Bleak, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Survival, class, power, justice

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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