太阳背后

故事发生在1910年。贝家家族多年来因争夺土地与费家敌对，贝家长子更无辜丧命。作为二子的东奴受命为大哥报仇。东奴明白，根据当地“血债血偿”的复仇传统及家族法令，若他报复成功，亦会遭仇家还击杀害，短短廿载人生就此完结。眼前死路一条，加上受弟弟柏古的反叛感染，开始质疑暴力传统的意义。同时，东奴邂逅命中恋人卡拉。^[1]巴西内陆的穷山僻壤里，家族之间为争夺土地进行了激烈的斗争。 太阳背后布雷维斯家族在与邻居长年进行的战斗中失去了长子，父亲将儿子死时身着的白衬衫保存了下来，直到上面的斑斑血迹变黄，他以此作为复仇的信号。他派出次子汤诺替兄报仇。父亲的嘱托和家族的耻辱成了汤诺年轻生命中难以承受的重负，他的青春从此消耗在对仇人长期的追逐中。

　　汤诺终于以一种残忍的方式完成了这一任务，但他并没有因此而得以解脱。对手的惨死在他的心中留下了深深的烙印，他为自己冷血的行为感到痛苦。于是他诚恳地向死者的祖父请求原谅，并希望和对方家族达成协议以结束长期的暴力斗争。但汤诺的这一期望无异于一种虚幻的妄想，沉浸在悲痛中的老人只同意让这次和平持续到下一次满月，他要让汤诺付出血的代价。

　　面对生死未卜的前途，汤诺在逃离与接受挑战之间徘徊。一对流浪歌手——塞鲁丝提诺和她的继女克莱拉——的到来给村庄带来了欢乐，她们让汤诺看到了生活的另一面。但克莱拉和他的相爱并不能改变阴暗的未来，随着满月日的一天天临近，汤诺必须为生命而展开搏斗

　　José Dumont .... Father

　　Rodrigo Santoro .... Tonio

　　Rita Assemany .... Mother

　　Ravi Ramos Lacerda .... Pacu

　　Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos .... Salustiano

　　Flavia Marco Antonio .... Clara

　　Everaldo Pontes .... Old Blind Man

　　Caio Junqueira .... Inácio

　　Mariana Loureiro .... Widow

　　Servilio De Holanda .... Isaias

　　Wagner Moura .... Matheus

　　Othon Bastos .... Mr. Lourenço

　　Gero Camilo .... Reginaldo

　　Vinícius de Oliveira .... Ferreira Family Member

　　Soia Lira .... Ferreira Family Member

罗德里格·桑托罗

　　Rodrigo Santoro (Tonho) Rodrigo SantoroBehind the Sun is Rodrigo Santoro's second feature film. For Bicho de Sete Cabeças, by Laís Bodanzki, his film debut (winner of the Youth Prize at the Locarno Film Festival 2001), Rodrigo Santoro was chosen Best Actor at the Recife and Brasilia Film Festivals. (2000). His performance as a young student locked up in a mental hospital by his own father was praised by Brazilian critics, who named him as one of the country's promising talents. Before working in film, Rodrigo Santoro worked in television and in the theater.

丽塔·阿斯麦尼

Rita Assemany　　Rita Assemany (Mother)

　　Rita Assemany began working in the theater as an adolescent, in 1980. Soon she became one of the most respected actresses in Bahia, appearing in productions of All Nudity Shall Be Punished, The Balcony, The Decameron, and Cabaré Brazil, among other plays. In 1992 she starred in the monologue Oficina Condensada, which became a great success with the public and ran for more than one year. In 1997, she was directed by Hans Ulrich Becker in a production of Medea. In film, Rita Assemany appeared in Central Station, by Walter Salles, and is the only actress who plays in all three episodes of the feature Três Histórias da Bahia. For the short film Pixaim, she won awards as Best Actress at the Curitiba and Brasilia Film Festivals.

路易斯·卡洛斯·瓦斯索洛斯

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos (Salustiano) Luiz Carlos VasconcelosFrom Umbuzeiro in Paraíba, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos has been transforming himself into the clown Xuxu for 23 years, a character that is the result of his passion for the circus and one of the reasons that led Walter Salles to invite him to play the circus performer Salustiano in Behind the Sun. His talent as a theater director in Paraíba became nationally known at the beginning of the 1990s, when his production of Vau da Sarapalha, an adaptation of a short by Guimarães Rosa, traveled throughout Brazil winning over critics and the public. Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos debuted as a film actor playing the bandit Lampião in Perfumed Ball, by Lírio Ferreira and Paulo Caldas (1997). In 1999 he played one of the principal roles in Midnight/The First Day by Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles, for which he was chosen Best Actor by the São Paulo Art Critics Association. Another standout role in film came in Me You Them, by Andrucha Waddington, selected to be shown at Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000.

José Dumont (Father)

José DumontBorn in Paraíba in 1950, José Dumont began acting in theater at the beginning of the 1970s. After appearing in films such as Lucio Flavio, by Hector Babenco, and Gaijin: Roads to Freedom, by Tizuka Yamasaki, he established himself as one of the most important actors in Brazilian cinema. In 1979, he played a migrant from the northeast in O Homem que Virou Suco, by João Batista de Andrade, a role that won him the prize for Best Actor at the Gramado and Brasilia film festivals. At the Havana Film Festival in 1985, he was chosen Best Actor for three films: O Baiano Fantasma, by Denoy de Oliveira, Avaeté, Seed of Revenge by Zelito Viana, and Tigipió, by Pedro Jorge de Castro. Other standout roles in film include Hour of the Star, by Suzana Amaral, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, by Hector Babenco, and Kenoma, by Eliane Caffé.

Ravi Ramos Lacerda (Pacu)

Ravi Ramos LacerdaBehind the Sun is Ravi Ramos Lacerda's first feature film. He was chosen from among the hundreds of children who were screentested. Ravi began appearing as an actor in public theater festivals in João Pessoa, in Paraíba, where he was born. He received acclaim for a show in which he played a beggar boy who imitated Charlie Chaplin. In film, Ravi also appeared in the short movie A Árvore da Miséria, winner of various awards at Brazilian film festivals.

Flavia Marco Antonio (Clara)

Flavia Marco Antonio　　Flavia Marco Antonio was born in São Paulo in 1978, but chose to live in Salvador, Bahia, where she has lived since she was 18. In love with the circus, Flavia enrolled in the Picolino School of Circus Arts of Salvador in 1996, and today remains a member of the school's company. At the beginning of 2001, she performed in a 40-day tour of six cities in France in a show presented by the Picolino School. Flavia also belongs to the group Clowns Forever (Palhaços Para Sempre), dedicated to the study of the art of clowns. The same year she tested for Behind the Sun, she began studies at the Theater School of the Federal University of Bahia. She has already appeared in several shows in Salvador, among them Improvisation Nights, which had a successful run at the Castro Alves Theater.