It's a feelgood comedy of incest, greed and corruption,' jokes producer Don Ranvaud (Farewell My Concubine). 'It's in the tradition of Renoir, of La règle du jeu - a story where there are no really bad characters, just good ones.'
The story in question is Tieta do Agreste, Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Diegues' vibrant adaptation of Jorge Amada's classic story of a woman who was thrown out of her native village when she was 17 and pregnant. Twenty six years later, Tieta returns as a rich widow and finds the village unchanged - a state of affairs which will not endure for long after her arrival.
Sony and UGC contributed towards the US$6 million budget (a fortune in Brazilian terms). 'It took me four years to get it made,' he says. 'The bank went bankrupt during the first week of shooting. Actually, I think it's probably easier to make films in China.' Nick Roddick
Prod co: Serene Sky Light, Sony, UGC
Prod: Don Ranvaud, Carlos Diegues, Bruno Stroppiano
Dir: Carlos Diegues
Scr: João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Antonio Calmon, Carlos Diegues, based on the novel by Jorge Amado
Ph: Edgar Moura
Music: Caetano Veloso
Cast: Sonia Braga, Marilia Pera, Chico Anysio, Zeze Motta
Int sales: UGC
Running time: 90 mins Screening: Saturday 9 November, 18.00, NFT 1
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