| I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You | |
| Director: | Marcelo Gomes Karim Aïnouz |
| Producer: | João Vieira Jr. |
| Starring: | Irandhir Santos |
| Cinematography: | Heloísa Passos |
| Editing: | Karen Harley |
| Studio: | Rec Productores Asociados |
| Distributor: | Espaço Filmes |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Gross: | R$243,332[1] |
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.
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] [3]