Film

The Wheat and the Tares

8.019651h 30mDrama

Director: Manuel Guimarães
Year: 1965

A sad and strong people living in the huge plains of Alentejo. Their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic, bewitching songs and their daily toil to turn a dry, barren land into golden wheat fields.

Top cast

Eunice Muñoz

Joana

Igrejas Caeiro

Loas

Mário Pereira

Barbaças

Barreto Poeira

Maldonado

Lídia Franco

Mariana

Maria Olguim

Tia Maria

Emílio Correia

regedor

Manuel da Fonseca

Vieirinha

Miguel Franco

albardeiro

Directed by

Manuel Guimarães

Written by

Fernando Namora

Produced by

Manuel Guimarães, António da Cunha Telles