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THE WHEAT AND THE TARES

The huge plains of Alentejo sets the background for this tale of a sad and strong people, their endless struggle for bread, their nostalgic, bewitching songs and their daily toil to turn a dry, barren land into golden wheat fields.
Adaptation by Fernando Namora of his own romance with the same title.

Award
SNI Award for Best Photography.

Feature Film
Drama
90'
b/w
35 mm available in Betacam

Title
The Wheat and the Tares, 1965
"O Trigo e o Joio"

Director
Manuel Guimarães

Production
Manuel Guimarães; Tobis Portuguesa; António da Cunha Telles

Cast
Eunice Muñoz
Igrejas Caeiro
Barreto Poeira
Lídia Franco