Born to Be Blind (A Pessoa É Para o Que Nasce)

Sat Apr 02, 2011

21:30

Location

Technohoros ETHAL
76 Franklin Roosevelt Avenue
Limassol, Limassol

Description

In Campina Grande, Northeastern of Brazil, the three fifty and something year old illiterate Barbosa sisters, Maria, Regina and Conceição, are daughters of cousins and born blind. They have survived playing "ganzá" and begging on the streets of Campina Grande since their childhood. The director Roberto Berliner discloses in this remarkable documentary their sad stories, with poverty, rape, abuse inclusive sexual and love, but never corny; on the contrary, with a great message of strength, faith and hope.

Cast:
Regina Barbosa
Maria das Neves Barbosa
Conceição Barbosa

Director: Roberto Berliner, Leonardo Domingues
Writer: Mauricio Lissovski
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Documentary
Language: Portuguese
Production Year: 2003

The screening is part of the second Ibero-American Film Festival organized by the Spanish Embassy in Cyprus.

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