Wanderings of Faith

Set in the city of Ribeirão Preto, the metropolitan center of one of the main sugar cane producing regions in Brazil, the documentary Wanderings of Faith reflects on the possibilities of maintaining and safeguarding of a festive tradition of popular Catholicism closely linked to the rural universe in the context of a city of more than 700 thousand inhabitants deeply marked by rural exodus and agricultural modernization. Wanderings of Faith follows the century-old “Cia de Reis Irmãos Adolfo” on their wanderings through the streets and popular neighborhoods of the city of Ribeirão Preto. Through visits carried out by the company to the homes of devotees, stories of mysteries, miracles and childhood memories are collected. Whether through the testimonies, the words of faith sung by the revelers, or the devotion expressed on the faces of each devotee, we see a community united by tradition, sharing faith, an abundance of food and gratitude for the graces granted by the holy kings.