| À Beira do Caminho | |
| Director: | Breno Silveira |
| Producer: | Lula Buarque de Hollanda |
| Starring: | João Miguel Ângelo Antônio Dira Paes Vinícius Nascimento Ludmila Rosa |
| Music: | Berna Ceppas |
| Cinematography: | Lula Carvalho |
| Editing: | Vicente Kubrusly |
| Studio: | Conspiração Filmes |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Gross: | $713,129 |
À Beira do Caminho is a 2012 Brazilian drama film directed by Breno Silveira, starring João Miguel, Ângelo Antônio, Dira Paes, Vinícius Nascimento, and Ludmila Rosa.The title of the film is a reference to the 1969 popular song "Sentado à Beira do Caminho" by Erasmo Carlos.[1]
João, a truck driver, leaves his hometown and travels across the country. On one of his trips, he discovers a boy, Duda, hidden in his truck; the child, who has no mother, is in search of his father. João reluctantly agrees to take him to the nearest city, and ends up forming a friendship with him.
The film received mixed reviews.[2] [3] Several critics pointed out similarities with Silveira's 2005 feature Two Sons of Francisco.