Araby

Synopsis

Andre, a teenager, lives in an industrial town in Brazil near an old aluminum factory.One day, a factory worker, Cristiano, suffers an accident. Asked to go to Cristiano'shouse to pick up clothes and documents, Andre stumbles on a notebook, and it'shere that Araby begins or, rather, transforms.

As Andre reads from the journalentries, we are plunged into Cristiano's life, into stories of his wanderings,adventures, and loves. Beautifully written and filmed, Araby is a fable-like roadmovie about a young man who sets off on a twenty-year journey in search of a betterlife.