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?
00:08:39 They said that they only don't flood places with some...
00:11:31 Let's put all the stories down on paper, folks.
00:15:19 We brought the villain!
00:18:46 - I'll pay when you get back. - All here, lady!
00:22:37 and if you make a mistake, they make a terrible mess.
00:27:06 Improve it, how? You want me to start making it up?
00:30:07 Christian name for the book.
00:33:57 I wouldn't let you in by order of heaven or hell.
00:36:53 You can skip that part, Deodora. Vicentino already told the first bit.
00:40:32 Mariadina was never in Indalécio's gang.
00:44:42 I can believe that about Indalécio, but not Mariadina!
00:48:03 Give me a diet-liquor.
00:51:27 ENTRANCE FORBIDDEN TO ILLITERATES
00:55:00 Here's the invitation, look. And the certificate.
00:58:44 You can stop the fuss
01:02:12 A woman like that doesn't know the love of a son or husband.
01:10:02 - He says there's Oxum. - Oxum? A woman?
01:16:45 It's okay, but it isn't easy!
01:20:28 my children were born here
01:24:32 Speak, Cirilo, we'll here. Speak.
01:27:23 teeth and nose out front! And ass, back and heel behind!
01:30:12 with a dirt road, with dumb, ignorant people like me, like all of you!
01:37:07 That's it. There's no more. Anyone who wishes can write it differently.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed973
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:05:04
Final line01:37:07
Production Record
DirectorEliane Caffé
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes865