The read
It runs long at 2h 46m.
Synopsis
The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Marcos MedeirosWriter
- Glauber RochaDirector
- Glauber RochaWriter
Cast
- Jésus HistonSelf - Narrator
- Emilio Garrastazu MédiciSelf (archive)
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo BrancoSelf (archive)
- João GoulartSelf (archive)
- Jânio QuadrosSelf (archive)
- Juscelino KubitschekSelf (archive)
- Getúlio VargasSelf (archive)
- Fidel CastroSelf (archive)
- Che GuevaraSelf (archive)
- John F. KennedySelf (archive)
- Jirges RistumCast
- Richard NixonSelf (archive)