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    Macunaima 1969 POSTER

    Macunaima

    1969

    Portuguese

    6.8

    12

    Action

    cinema novo

    Comedy

    Fantasy

    Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Director Grande Otelo Grande Otelo as Black Macunaíma / Macunaíma's son Milton Gonçalves Milton Gonçalves as Jiguê Hugo Carvana Hugo Carvana as Man with the duck Paulo José Paulo José as White Macunaíma / Macunaíma's mother
    Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his newly acquired knowledge and possessions of little use.
    Cinema Novo 2016 POSTER

    Cinema Novo

    2016

    Portuguese

    7.2

    6

    100%

    100%

    Action

    brazilian cinema

    cinema history

    cinema novo

    cinema on cinema

    Documentary

    movie business

    Eryk Rocha Eryk Rocha Director Glauber Rocha Glauber Rocha as Self Nelson Pereira dos Santos Nelson Pereira dos Santos as Self Ruy Guerra Ruy Guerra as Self Paulo César Saraceni Paulo César Saraceni as Self
    A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
    Antonio das Mortes 1969 POSTER

    Antonio das Mortes

    1969

    Portuguese

    7.0

    4

    74%

    74%

    Action

    affectation

    candid

    cinema novo

    Crime

    critical

    didactic

    Drama

    dramatic

    Western

    Glauber Rocha Glauber Rocha Director Santi Scaldaferri Santi Scaldaferri as Batista Lorival Pariz Lorival Pariz as Coirana Hugo Carvana Hugo Carvana as Delegado Mattos Vinícius Salvatori Vinícius Salvatori as Mata-Vaca
    A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
    A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe 1966 POSTER

    A Grande Cidade ou As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe

    1966

    Portuguese

    7.0

    5

    big city

    cinema novo

    Crime

    Drama

    migration

    Carlos Diegues Carlos Diegues Director Zé Keti Zé Keti as Compositor Francisco Santos Francisco Santos as Detetive Hugo Carvana Hugo Carvana as Pereba José Cruz José Cruz as Pivete
    In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way. Alone in the Marvelous City, she is forced to accept the friendship and protection of Calunga and, later, the company of Inácio.
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