A movie from scratch. Without prior research, characters, locations, or specific themes, a film team arrived in the heartland of Para í ba state in northeastern Brazil, searching for people with stories to tell. In the village of S ? o Jo ? o do Rio do Peixe, they came to S í tio Ara ?á S, a rural community consisting of 86 families, most of whom are relatives. In the case of a girl serving as a mediator in Ara ?á s, these residents (mostly elderly) tell their life stories characterized by popular Catholicism, hierarchy, family and honor, while the world is rapidly disappearing