True story of the dockers of Rio de Janeiro in the 1950'. In a tough context where most carry weapons and the port was only just surviving and striking was common, through dialogue, a new way of working emerges. In one of the families, a child unable to walk miraculously get healed.
Front title says : "A battle of ideas raging for control of the ports of the world. In Rio de Janeiro in 1953 two unions, one official and the other unofficial fought for the leadership of the port. In this struggle, two men were bitter enemies. Nelson Marcellino leader of the official union and head of the baggage warehouse, and Damasio Cardoso, crane driver and a leader of the unofficial union. Men were armed and went in fear of their lives. Strikes were frequent."
Photography by Edgar Eichhorn
Music by Remo Usai
Art direction by Alexandre Horvat
English dialogue supervised and directed by Robert Tafur
Italiano
