The Storyteller

SINOSSI

The troubled childhood of acclaimed Brazilian writer Roberto Carlos Ramos is documented in Luiz Villaça's compelling feature. The youngest of ten brothers, Roberto shows a special talent to tell stories as a child. But when his mother puts him in a newly opened government institution at age six, little by little, he loses hope, until at age thirteen, after hundreds of escapes, he's considered 'irrecoverable'. Stars Paulinho Mendes, Marco Antonio, and Teuda Bara. (From Brazil, in Portuguese) (Drama) (2009) (Rpt) MA (A,L)