Vidas secas : "[T]his Brazilian 'Grapes of wrath' is set in the early 1940s, and describes two years in the life of an itinerant cowhand's family struggling to eke out an existence in the drought-ravaged, landowner-dominated sertão of the country's Northeast."--Container. Como se morre no cinema : Using film clips, reenacments and dramatizations, this film tells the 'memoirs' of Arquibaldo, the parrot who participated in the filming of the classic film Vidas Secas in 1962, where he appeared beside Baleia the dog.

Title of short film is listed as 'Baleia the dog' on container and disc menu. Feature is based on the book of the same title by Graciliano Ramos. Vidas Secas was originally produced as motion picture in 1963. Portuguese collection.

Special features : Como se morre no cinema (Artifício Cinematográfico Luelane Loiola Corrêa apresentam ; co-produção CTAV -- Centro Técnico Audiovisual ; roteiro e direção, Luelane Loiola Corrêa ; 2002 ; ca. 20 min. ; sd., col. w/ b&w seq. ; com Jurandir Oliveira, Pablo Uranga, Jorge Teixeira, Clara Linhart, e o papagaio Arquibaldo) ; [Film professor] Robert Stam discusses Vidas Secas (ca. 12 min.).