If I Were a Thief Id Steal

1920s Vitalino a small farmer from São Vicente sees his father die of the epidemic which decimated the country Some years later of all the brothers Vitalino is the strongest and takes his fathers place in the house But the village is too small for his aspirations and he decides to head to Brazil leaving his sisters in charge of the household In parallel with Vitalinos story If I Were a Thief Id Steal portrays the world of Paulo Rocha rummaging through his films and ghosts over the years