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Behind the Sun is a 2001 social drama film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro. Its original Portuguese title means Shattered April, and it is based on the 1978 novel Broken April written by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, about the honor culture in the North of Albania.
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“Write what you know” was the advice taken by Ismail Kadare, the most celebrated author of Albanian literature, when making his 1978 novel *Broken April*. Although inspired by the harsh history of his native country and the way his compatriots' lives were bound by suffocating and often cruel traditions, the novel has left a huge impression even on readers outside Albanian borders. One of them was Brazilian filmmaker…More
