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Tieta of Agreste

1996 [PORTUGUESE]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

7
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1117 1.1K

Plot summary

After being exiled for 26 years, Tieta returns to her native village in Bahia, bringing chaos and upheaving the local order.

Director

Carlos Diegues Photo
Carlos Diegues

Top cast

Sonia Braga Photo
Sonia Braga as Tieta
Marília Pêra Photo
Marília Pêra as Perpétua
Berto Filho Photo
Berto Filho as Criado
Gideon Rosa Photo
Gideon Rosa as Padre
480p.DVD
1019.13 MB
704*390
Portuguese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 20

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by pup-3 10 / 10

Braga at her best!

Sonia Braga has come full circle starring in the Jorge Amado "trilogy"...."Dona Flor", "Gabriela", and now, Tieta".....and she's at her absolute best in this funny and enchanting story of the scorned "prodical daughter" returning to her slightly backwards hometown after an absence of more than 25 years, only to find nothing much has changed.The movie was filmed in the beautiful coastal province of Bahia, in Brazil, and combined with the rythmatic music of Caetano Veloso, and the heavenly voices of Gal Costa and Zeze Motta,[who is also in the film] it's definitely a "must see"!Watch the begining of the film for a cameo of the great Amado himself.
Reviewed by LeRoyMarko 7 / 10

The life and times of Sant'Ana do Agreste

After more than 25 years in the big city of Sao Paulo, Tieta (played nicely by Sonia Braga) is coming back to her native village, Sant'Ana do Agreste. Nothing has changed. It seems the time has stop. But in the little while that she spent there, a lot will change! It's a movie about the subject of: love, lust, power, religion and even politics! No, Sant'Ana do Agreste will never be the same... Tieta even brought in the electricity!Out of 100, I gave it 74. That's good for **½ on a **** stars rating system.Seen at home, in Welland, on January 28th, 2002.
Reviewed by jotix100 7 / 10

The prodigal daughter

After an absence of many years, Tieta, who is now in her forties, returns to Santa Ana as a rich woman, the envy of the town. Tieta has a mysterious aura about her, that no one, even her father and sister, can't imagine where her wealth comes from. Of course, having been married to a wealthy man might have been one scenario, but there are many hints pointing about what the nature of her "business" is in Sao Paolo. The truth will not be revealed until the end, when Tieta, who has grown restless in the small town, decides to go back where she belongs.The novel by the great Jorge Amado gets a tepid adaptation by director Carlos Diegues. This is his third movie based by the director of Jorge Amado's novels. Diegues was more successful with his earlier films, "Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" and "Gabriela, Cravo e Canela", using the master story teller's texts. In all these films he has been lucky enough to entice the gorgeous Sonia Braga to participate in them.In fact, "Tieta do Agreste" kept reminding us of Frederich Durrenmatt's "The Visit" because in both a rich woman, who has been wronged in the past, come home to deal with the town and the people that were cruel to them, but that's where all the similarities end. In the German version, Karla deals with her past in a vengeful way, whereas in the Brazil of Jorge Amado, Tieta has a different approach.Sonia Braga's Tieta is full of fire, and for being in her forties, at the time she made the film, she shows quite a figure as the sultry creature who discovers a few things about herself, her family, and the town in which she was banished from by her heartless father. When she needed compassion, Tieta, got none. Her revenge is that she became rich and now she is in a position to help the backward Northeast town to get the electricity it badly needs. In the process, she falls in love with a younger man who betrays her. Tieta deals with her pious sister who only cares for the money she can get for herself and her son.Carlos Diegues got excellent performances from this talented cast. Marilia Pera, who plays Perpetua, Tieta's sister makes an excellent contribution to the film. Claudia Abreu, is another good actress that makes a good appearance in the film as Leonora, Tieta's step-daughter. The rest, Chico Anysis, Zeze Notta, Leon Gomes, among others, make a great contribution.We read recently that Ms. Braga had returned home from her prolonged stay in the U.S., as she felt Hollywood, in general, had not been too kind to her lately. Ms. Braga deserves vehicles like "Tieta do Agreste" in which to shine. One could only hope her collaborations with Brazilian directors like Carlos Diegues will produce many more happy collaborations for our benefit.
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