I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
Directed byMarcelo Gomes
Karim Aïnouz
Written byMarcelo Gomes
Karim Aïnouz
Produced byJoão Vieira Jr.
StarringIrandhir Santos
CinematographyHeloísa Passos
Edited byKaren Harley
Production
company
Rec Productores Asociados
Distributed byEspaço Filmes
Release dates
  • 4 September 2009 (2009-09-04) (Venice)[1]
  • 7 May 2010 (2010-05-07)[2]
Running time
75 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Box officeR$243,332[3]

I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (Portuguese: Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque te Amo) is a 2009 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Marcelo Gomes and Karim Aïnouz.

Plot

José Renato (Irandhir Santos), a geologist, is sent on a 30-day assignment into an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil. The film is a road movie with a succession of images of the passing landscape and seemingly endless highway, narrated by the protagonist.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ Barbosa, Neusa (4 September 2012). "Filme brasileiro de Marcelo Gomes e Karim Ainouz é bem recebido em Veneza" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Lopes, Laura (7 May 2010). "Viajo porque te amo, volto se precisar". Época (in Portuguese). Editora Globo. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ^ Holcomb, Mark (23 March 2011). "Bressonian Austerity + Truck-Stop Hookers in I Travel..." The Village Voice. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

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Films directed by Karim Aïnouz
Films directed by Marcelo Gomes
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