The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker. Read More »
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Juliana do Amor Perdido / Lost Love Juliana (1970) Sérgio Ricardo, Maria Do Rosario, Francisco Di Franco, Macedo Neto, Drama
A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes. Read More »
A Noite do Espantalho / The Night of the Scarecrow (1974) Sérgio Ricardo, Geraldo Azevedo, Fátima Batista, Ana Lúcia Castro, Drama
A psychedelic Brazilian musical with much of the esthetics of Cinema Novo and Tropicalismo; feels a bit like a Brazilian, more modest (and linear) version of “El Topo”. The music is what really shines here; one of the stars (the narrator, featured in the posters above) is now famous musician Alceu Valença.
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