After her husband’s death, 65-year-old Betânia returns to her childhood village in Brazil’s shifting sands.
After her husband’s death, 65-year-old Betânia leaves behind a life without electricity, to return to her childhood village. Set near the shifting sands of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses, in a region growing ever more arid, she finds a world caught between past and present. Amid poverty, polluted water, and generational tension, life insists on blooming, like the wildflowers that suddenly appear in the sand. Betânia is a lyrical and visually rich film – for those drawn to cinema with spirit; full of color, sound, and the poetry of everyday life.
