Sinopsis: La saga de una familia brasileña, de 1930 a 1964, año del golpe militar. Jorge Ramos es un periodista ambicioso que se casa por interés con la hija de un arruinado hacendado cafetalero. Con el retorno de la democracia, en 1946, regresa a la ciudad y se transforma, gracias a constantes traiciones, en un político poderoso, hasta que su propio hijo venga a sus víctimas, aliándose a los militares y traicionando al padre.
A journalist is tortured by police in the wake of political and social chaos, and the information he reveals leads to the death of a popular rebel leader. He recovers and is sent to interview a plantation owner who is fighting to save his land from being nationalized. Men are helpless to halt the changes that are sweeping the country. The journalist is driven off his father-in-laws land. His younger brother tries to grab the land for himself and ingratiate himself to the new government. In a pique of revolutionary fervor, the journalist wishes for his brother's death and threatens to have his father arrested. The patriarch commits suicide after burning down his home so it will not fall into the hands of the rebels. The journalist inherits the land and all the problems of the peasants he tried to help.
Titulo Original: Os herdeiros Dirección: Carlos Diegues País(es): Brasil Idioma Original: Portugués Categoría: Documental Duración: 103 min. min. Año de producción: 1969 Productora: Condor Filmes, Difilm y Paramount Filmes do Brasil Guión: Carlos Diegues Producción: Carlos Diegues, Jarbas Barbosa, Luis Carlos Barreto Fotografía: Dib Lutfi Edición: Eduardo Escorel Dirección Artística: Luiz Carlos Ripper, Figurino:Fernando Bede Intérpretes: Sérgio Cardoso, Paulo Porto, Isabel Ribeiro, Mário Lago, Jean-Pierre Léaud, André Gouveia, Daniel Filho, Wilza Carla, Hugo Carvana, Renato Coutinho, Dalva de Oliveira, Silas de Oliveira, Laura Galano, Carlos Gil, Paulo Gonçalves, Caetano Veloso