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Sem Raiz

2017 · 80 min

A quiet, poetic documentary that drifts through workers' lives, asking patience and rewarding it with small, rooted observations.

Directed by
Renan Rovida
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Carlota Joaquina, Maria Tereza Urias, Deborah Hathner
Overview
Four city workers in their daily important relationships. A worker in the field of the Landless Rural Workers Movement. Poetry plucked like weed from the soil of our time.

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Directed by
Renan Rovida
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Starring
Carlota Joaquina, Maria Tereza Urias, Deborah Hathner
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • class
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • countryside
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama, documentary
    Directed by
    Renan Rovida
    Written by
    Talita Araujo, Renan Rovida
    Starring
    Carlota Joaquina, Maria Tereza Urias, Deborah Hathner, Ruth Melchior, Laura Brauer, Renê Costanny, Rimenna Procópio, Adriana Mendonça
    Cinematography
    Maria Terra, Danilo Dilettoso
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese, Spanish

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