poetic cinema

Bijupirá

By Alan Ng | October 2025

In Bijupirá, ten-year-old Tomé (Enzo Gois) lives on a fishing trawler with Reinaldo (Heraldo de Deus), off the coast of Bahia. Their…

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In Bijupirá, ten-year-old Tomé (Enzo Gois) lives on a fishing trawler with Reinaldo (Heraldo de Deus), off the coast of Bahia. Their days are like the...

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