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The Wheat and the Tares

8.019651h 30mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorManuel Guimarães
WriterFernando Namora
ProducersManuel Guimarães·António da Cunha Telles

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Cast · Directed by Manuel Guimarães

EMEunice Muñoz
Eunice Muñoz
Joana
ICIgrejas Caeiro
Igrejas Caeiro
Loas
LFLídia Franco
Lídia Franco
Mariana
MOMaria Olguim
Maria Olguim
Tia Maria

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