Behind the Sun (Portuguese: Abril Despedaçado) is a 2001 social drama film directed by Walter Salles, produced by Arthur Cohn, and starring Rodrigo Santoro.

Under pressure from his father, Tonho kills one of the Ferreira sons to avenge the murder of his older brother.

The Kid is an imaginative and loving child, whose spirit will not break in the face of harsh parenting, brutalizing isolation, and numbing poverty.

One of the Ferreira men come to the farm in order to exact revenge on the Breves, initially appearing to kill Tonho.

His father attempts to shoot him for disregarding the honor of their family, but he is stopped by the mother who insists that the feud no longer matters and that it is over.

The website's critical consensus states: "Visually poetic, Behind the Sun is a powerful statement about cycles of violence.

[7] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews.