The Storytellers
2003 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 865 VOTES · DIR. Eliane Caffé
Overview
A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.
Dialogue Timeline — 973 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:05:04 Could I have a coconut, please?
00:08:38 So, Zaqueu? Is there a way?
00:11:17 To this day, no one's written it because we haven't needed to.
00:15:05 In the end, he was chased out of Javé for good.
00:18:04 Look, Biá, you once saved your job at the cost of the folks here.
00:22:04 Well now, Vicentino, I came to hear and note down all your...
00:26:42 What am I, blind?
00:29:38 The facts have to be improved in the writing...
00:32:59 You think again and make me a proposition worthy of my efforts.
00:36:06 like cowards. A retreat is different.
00:39:40 Write that:
00:43:47 To lands which will be yours.
00:47:03 I know people who can prove everything, word for word.
00:49:52 looser, like this: Poooufff!
00:53:58 Wait, Other! Let's not get into that.
00:57:29 You can decide who's the son of the father, uncle or neighbor.
01:00:50 like a bunch of menstruated bees.
01:06:17 No need, lady! I heard you!
01:12:38 - Starting with you. - Look here, I don't want...
01:18:16 Hey, go and play over there, will you?
01:22:03 We should drive out these people sent by the dam
01:25:34 Calm down! There isn't much time, but there's time!
01:28:26 - We caught him! - They've got him!
01:31:35 Amphibians! Amphibious folk! Shrimp folk!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed973
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:05:04
Final line01:31:35
Production Record
DirectorEliane Caffé
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes865