I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You

I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You

2010•1h 15m•7.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(41)

José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.

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Production

REC Produtores Associados, Gullane Filmes, Máquina Produções

Language

PT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Irandhir Santos

Irandhir Santos

José Renato

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