The Scavengers
1993 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 139 VOTES · DIR. Eduardo Coutinho
Overview
In this documentary Coutinho examines the plight of the people who live off the waste of the Brazilian cities. These people make their living by scavenging the immense urban garbage dumps searching for whatever they can find to sell as well as whatever they can find to eat.
Dialogue Timeline — 658 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:33 - What do you get outta this... - What?
00:03:42 - There are jobs, it's only want to work. - It's...
00:04:58 - What Sarah what? - Dinéia. Eduardo. Néia.
00:07:04 Ah, over 15 years.
00:09:44 What's this place called?
00:11:54 ...everyone knew everyone else.
00:13:28 - Have you been collecting garbage long? - No, it'll be 4 months, right?
00:15:18 But the man who knows what he wants And falls in love with a woman
00:18:33 - I don't care, honey. - What?
00:20:14 I went to catch shellfish, crabs, things like that.
00:21:41 - Want to be a singer? - I do.
00:24:51 What do you think? It's good, bad, how is it?
00:26:23 - My picture? - Yes.
00:27:45 ...rubber, in construction in Amapa, Macapa, of air base.
00:29:13 We ain't got any other source of income.
00:30:42 Stopped.
00:32:35 Cans, cardboards, plastic.
00:34:47 In the middle of a pile of cardboard. There.
00:36:16 - The work is the same. - Yes? - The work is the same.
00:37:35 God giving health, we go for it.
00:38:51 - Just working, working, working, not knowing what was that.
00:40:18 If you don't wanna talk, do like me.
00:42:26 Too many people.
00:45:14 - Sing along, sing along.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed658
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:02:33
Final line00:45:14
Production Record
DirectorEduardo Coutinho
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes139