Javé is a little village doomed to be swallowed by the waters of a big hydroelectric dam. The only way to save the village is to have it classified as a national heritage site. The villagers get together and decide to write a book on the history of Javé. Antonio Bia is entrusted with this task, as he is the only one who knows how to write. He has to deal with a multitude of different versions of the history of the village, each one claiming to be the truth. To make things harder, Antonio Bia has a difficult character and his literary aspirations disturb several villagers, who fear that his story will read more like a novel...

2002
Original screenplay: Luis Alberto De Abreu/Eliane Caffé
Running time: 100'
Original version: Portuguese
Picture: Hugo Kovenski
Sound: Romeu Quinto
Editing: Daniel Rezende
Setting: Cibele Gardim
Mixing: Bruno Tarriere
Costumes: Cris Camargo
Music: DJ Dolores Orchestra Santa Massa

Cast
José Dumont, Gero Camilo, Rui Rezende, Nelson Xavier, Luci Pereira, Nelson Dantas, Alessandro Azevedo, Mauricio Tizumba, Bene Silva.



Production:
BANANEIRA FILMES (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
LATERIT Productions (Paris, France)

International Sales:
Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV (GNCTV), Brazil



Festivals:
Best movie, Best direction..., Recife Cinema Festival, 2003

Prix FIPRESCI, Festival de Fribourg

Festival de Rotterdam

Festival du cinéma brésilien, Paris