Arquivo

Having just left his wife, geologist José Renato is sent to conduct field research that will take him across the whole wilderness of the Northeast region of Brazil. The aim is to evaluate the potential route of a canal that will be built from the region’s only fast-flowing river. For many of the area’s inhabitants, the canal will signal hope and the possibility of a new future for them. But for those who live near the new canal, it means expropriation, departure, loss. Many places that José Renato travels through will be submerged; many families he meets will be relocated. The geologist starts to identify with the emptiness and isolation of these places.