The fate of a remote Brazilian province will be determined by the passage of a reclamation bill. If the bill goes through the land will be destroyed. Fortunately, Father Stephen Lewis is working hard to stop it. For months he has led numerous high-profile protests, but then just a few days before the assembly retires to decide the bill, he simply vanishes. This off-beat political thriller chronicles the attempts of American reporter Michael Coleman to find the radical priest and interview him. Coleman, who works for a paper in Rio, is obsessed with finding Father Lewis for over the months the two have developed a tempestuous, argumentative relationship over the phone. Privately, Coleman wonders if the outspoken priest's actions mask ulterior motives. Still, he cannot help but respect the father's charisma and drive. So desperate is Coleman to find Lewis, that he stops at nothing, calling in every favor, and even resorting to dirty tricks. In the end it is his blatant abuse of media power that manages to keep the would-be land-grabbers from succeeding. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Patrick Bauchau - Father Stephen Lewis; Marilia Pera - Renata; Ana Beatriz Nogueira - Marcia; Daniel Dantas - Newspaper Editor; Julia Lemmertz - Julia; Miguel Lunardi - Carlos Reis
Credit
Olivia Guimaraes - Casting, Ripa Murtinho - Costume Designer, Olivia Guimaraes - First Assistant Director, Monique Gardenberg - Director, Dan Rae - Editor, Sylvia Gardenberg - Executive Producer, Philip Glass - Composer (Music Score), Clovis Bueno - Production Designer, Pedro Farkas - Cinematographer, Alan Poul - Producer, Flavio R. Tambellini - Producer, Jorge Saldanha - Sound/Sound Designer, Monique Gardenberg - Screenwriter, Cyrus Nowrasteh - Screenwriter
