Tieta of Agreste

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(1996) Directed by Carlos Diegues and starring Sonia Braga. This region-free DVD is formatted to be played in any country.

Synopsis
Tieta is a country girl returning to her native village after an absence of 26 years. At 17, her elder sister Perpétua denounced Tieta's sexual indescretions and she was thrown out of the house. Tieta returns triumphantly as the rich and powerful widow of a São Paulo industrialist. Tieta arrives accompanied by Leonora, a beautiful but sad girl whom she introduces as her stepdaughter. Tieta and Leonora's presence inspires an upheaval in the life of Sant'Ana. Ascânio, the Town Hall's secretary tries to persuade Tieta to help bring electricity to the village. Leonora and Ascânio become involved in a platonic romance while Tieta embarks on a torrid relationsip with Ricardo, her nephew from the seminary. Tieta soon becomes the village's major benefactor but the peace and quiet is shaken by the arrival of representatives from Embrâtanio S.A. who intend to construct a highly polluting titanium dioxide plant in Sant'Ana. In the midst of all the uproar, the darkest secret of Tieta's life is revealed and she is forced to leave the village once again.

Specifications
Region — ALL
Director — Carlos Diegues
Cast — Sonia Braga, Marília Pêra, Chico Anysio, Cláudia Abreu, Zezé Motta, Daniel Filho
Language — Portuguese
Subtitles — English
Duration — 115 minutes
Features — Filmographies, Tieta featurette.

Awards
Best Supporting Actress (Marília Pera) — International Festival of Havana

South American Way editorial
We laughed all through the movie. Director Carlos Diegues does a perfect job of capturing the subtle humor in this Jorge Amado story. The author himself blesses the film with his presence in the opening scene as he reads the first passages. Later in the featurette, he declares that his imaginary town appears in the film just as he had pictured it. The other location that features heavily in the story, Mangue Seco, does in fact exist in the north of Bahia. Sonia Braga, Brazil's most internationally famous actress, is wonderful as Tieta, who is simultaneously mature and beautiful, generous and selfish. All the songs in the soundtrack are composed by Caetano Veloso, and many are sung by Gal Costa. — Rick & Laura