Song of the Sea

In the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil groups of migrants move trying to find better place to live at least with water Some of them go to Recife to get a vessel to Santos expecting to have a better life in the Southern In the poor area of Recife an old washerwoman launders clothes to survive and support her family Her husband Zé Luis a former sailor is crazy due to a hit of the boom of a mast on his head Her older son Raimundo works in a grocery and selling mangoes on the street trying to save money to move to the Southeastern with his girlfriend Aurora Her daughter wants to be a prostitute to have a better quality of life Her younger son is seriously sick