Terra em Transe (Anguished Land)(Land Entranced) (1966)
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This Brazilian example of cinema novo chronicles the struggle of a man deeply entangled within unstable and crooked politics. The story is told in flashback by a writer who explains how he got into his present situation. He had been supporting a conservative party leader, but then decided to support the liberal candidate. The liberal wins the election, but soon reneges upon his campaign promises. The disillusioned writer decides to stay out of politics and resume his writing. Unfortunately, his
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
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Jardel Filho
Paulo Martins -
Paulo Autran
Porfirio Diaz -
José Lewgoy
Felipe Vieira -
Glauber Rocha
Sara -
Paulo Gracindo
Julio Fuentes -
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Hugo Carvana
Alvaro -
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I have now seen enough of Rocha's work to know that I dislike it for its own sake, and not for the unfamiliarity of its locale and people or for the ritual obsessiveness of its themes.
Top CriticOne of the later entries (1966) in Brazil's short-lived Cinema Novo movement, applying New Wave pyrotechnics to popular and political mythology.
Rocha's frenzied mise-en-scene, which borrows from Fellini, Antonioni, and European avant-garde theater, is so stylized and self-referential that it probably appealed less to the masses than to the left-wing intelligentsia it scrutinizes.
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Foreign Titles
- Terra em Transe (DE)
- Terra em Transe (UK)
