Films A-Z
Glauber Rocha, Brazil
Glauber Rocha studied Law and directed theatre pieces, wrote movie criticisms and took part in the creation and development of the 'cinema novo' movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After "Barravento (1962)", a trilogy of films and "Antonio das Mortes (1969)" he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of the May of 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. But when he started to film…
A idade da terra
Glauber Rocha
Brazil, 1980
Brazil
1980
140 min.
DVD
CH, DE, AT
Portugiesisch/d/f
First presented and highly debated at the 1980 Venice Film Festival, this film became the legacy of ...
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Antonio das mortes - O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guer
Glauber Rocha
Brazil, 1969
Brazil
1969
100 min.
DVD
CH, DE, AT
Portugiesisch/d/f
The action of the movie takes place in the sertao, the desertified Northeast backlands of Brazil, ...
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Barravento
Glauber Rocha
Brazil, 1962
Brazil
1962
80 min.
DVD, DCP
CH, DE, AT
Portugiesisch/d+f
Rocha's film debut: The fishermen in a village in Bahia on the north coast of Brazil have to rent ...
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