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- 1971
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h
- 1971
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h
Summary After killing his employer when said employer tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Written By: Glauber Rocha, Walter Lima Jr., Paulo Gil Soares
- 1971
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h
- 1971
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h
Black God, White Devil
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Summary After killing his employer when said employer tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Written By: Glauber Rocha, Walter Lima Jr., Paulo Gil Soares
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
4 Reviews
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33% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
74
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The fusion of European and Afro-Brazilian elements–dialogue, exquisite black-and-white images, and music by Villa-Lobos–is startlingly original and poetical in conveying the hope and despair of the oppressed.
Strongly recommended.
Despite its heroic energy and impulsive youth, it’s a bleak philosophical work of its time, a bitterly terrifying vision of no exit.
By depicting revolutionary fiascos in a critical yet sympathetic light, Glauber Rocha calls on us to imagine what we’d want a revolution to look like, rather than having it spoon-fed to us by those claiming to represent a power beyond ourselves.
The best parts of the film arise from the tension generated between the conventional use of myth and the simultaneous debunking of it. [16 Sept 1971]
At once, one of the most visually effective and artistic examples of the work of Glauber Rocha, a leading light among Cinema Novo's young directors. But as a contemporary allegory fulminating darkly against miseries inflicted on the poor by landowners and the Government, it is more mystically stylized than moving.
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Production Company
Banco Nacional de Minas Gerais,
Copacabana Filmes,
Luiz Augusto Mendes Produções Cinematográficas
Release Date Sep 25, 1971
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
