The Middle of the World
Drama
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2003
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Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
12 Sep 2003
Country:
BR
Languages:
Portuguese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 9 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Where Middle of the World becomes more appealing is in showing life along the less-traveled roads of Brazil, a landscape of beauty and poverty, nomad lives and basic instincts in a determination to make the best of a lurid existence.
– Marta Barber,
Miami Herald,
17 Jun 2005
rotten:
A true Brazilian story of vague human-interest value ... gets a heavy-handed treatment.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
30 Mar 2004
rotten:
Wants to be both a realistic family drama and a mythical odyssey but lacks the substance to be much more than a vignette.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2004