Black God, White Devil (1964)
(Deus e o Diablo na Terra do Sol)
Country: BRA
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Glauber Rocha
Cast: Yoná Magalhaes, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos
Synopsis:
A rural worker is cheated of his pay and turns bandit with his wife, joining the gang of the Blond Devil, a self-proclaimed saint, before moving on to other voices and doctrines.
Review:
A seminal film in the Latin American 'Cinema Novo' movement, set in the 1940s, Rocha's neo-realist treatment belies a symbolic narrative in which the peasant worker is seen as putty in the hands of every passing demagogue, unable or unwilling to carve out his own destiny.
(Deus e o Diablo na Terra do Sol)
Country: BRA
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Glauber Rocha
Cast: Yoná Magalhaes, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos
Synopsis:
A rural worker is cheated of his pay and turns bandit with his wife, joining the gang of the Blond Devil, a self-proclaimed saint, before moving on to other voices and doctrines.
Review:
A seminal film in the Latin American 'Cinema Novo' movement, set in the 1940s, Rocha's neo-realist treatment belies a symbolic narrative in which the peasant worker is seen as putty in the hands of every passing demagogue, unable or unwilling to carve out his own destiny.
(Deus e o Diablo na Terra do Sol)
Country: BRA
Technical: bw 110m
Director: Glauber Rocha
Cast: Yoná Magalhaes, Geraldo Del Rey, Othon Bastos
Synopsis:
A rural worker is cheated of his pay and turns bandit with his wife, joining the gang of the Blond Devil, a self-proclaimed saint, before moving on to other voices and doctrines.
Review:
A seminal film in the Latin American 'Cinema Novo' movement, set in the 1940s, Rocha's neo-realist treatment belies a symbolic narrative in which the peasant worker is seen as putty in the hands of every passing demagogue, unable or unwilling to carve out his own destiny.