The Age of the Earth
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| اخراج | Glauber Rocha |
| انتاج | Glauber Rocha |
| كتابة | Glauber Rocha |
| بطولة | Ana Maria Magalhães Antonio Pitanga Danuza Leão Geraldo Del Rey Jece Valadão Maurício do Valle Norma Bengell Tarcísio Meira |
| موسيقى | Rogério Duarte |
| سينماتوگرافيا | Roberto Pires Pedro de Moraes |
| تحرير | Carlos Cox Raul Soares Ricardo Miranda |
| شركــة الانتاج | Glauber Rocha Produções Embrafilme |
| توزيع | Embrafilme |
| تواريخ العرض | نوفمبر 17، 1980 |
| طول الفيلم | 154 minutes |
| البلد | Brazil |
| اللغة | Portuguese |
The Age of the Earth (برتغالية: A Idade da Terra, تـُنطق [a iˈdadʒi da ˈtɛʁɐ]) is a 1980 Brazilian avant-garde film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was his final film.
The film had its world premiere at the Golden Lion competition of the 1980 Venice Film Festival.
Cast
- Maurício do Valle as John Brahms
- Jece Valadão as Indian Christ (Cristo Índio)
- Antonio Pitanga as Black Christ (Cristo Negro)
- Tarcísio Meira as Military Christ (Cristo Militar)
- Geraldo Del Rey as Guerilla Christ (Cristo Guerrilheiro)
- Ana Maria Magalhães as Aurora Madalena
- Norma Bengell as Amazonas Queen (Rainha das Amazonas)
- Carlos Petrovich as the Devil (O Diabo)
- Mário Gusmão as Babalaô
- Danuza Leão as Brahms' wife
- Paloma Rocha
Production
Rocha started the film in 1975 and planned to shoot it in Los Angeles, and subsequently proposed it in Paris, Rome, Mexico and Venezuela, but was unable to obtain financial support.[1][2]
It was finally shot in Bahia, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro.[3]
Reception
It was Rocha's last film and the one that caused the most controversy.[4]
It was produced by Embrafilme, a state-funded company, during the Brazilian military dictatorship, despite this, filmmakers had some level of creative freedom while shooting, the dictatorship used to impose its heavy censorship after productions had been completed. Rocha himself had been living in exile during the 70's, after numerous attempts of the censorship were made to Entranced Earth (1967) and Antonio das Mortes (1969).[5]
Regardless, it was boycotted by international critics and "crucified" at the 1980 Venice Film Festival,[6][7] especially after an argument between Rocha and Louis Malle at the presence of numerous journalists, shortly after the Golden Lion results were announced.[8] Atlantic City, directed by Malle, had won the main prize and was deemed imperialist, by Rocha: "You won because your film was produced by Gaumont, an imperialist multinational"[8]
References
- ^ Johnson, Randal; Stam, Robert (1995). Brazilian Cinema. Columbia University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780231102674.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wrigley, Richard (2008). Cinematic Rome. Troubador Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 9781906510282.
- ^ خطأ استشهاد: وسم
<ref>غير صحيح؛ لا نص تم توفيره للمراجع المسماةcinemateca - ^ Tendler, Silvio (August 25, 2006). "Glauber, o artista como filósofo". Terra Magazine (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "O Estado de S. Paulo - Acervo Estadão". Acervo. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
- ^ Pizzini, Joel (March 2011). "O triunfo da beleza e da justiça". Revista Cult (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Ecco i film di Venezia". La Stampa. August 9, 1980.
- ^ أ ب Filho, William Helal (2020-09-09). "'Quebro sua cara, fascista': A briga de Glauber Rocha com Louis Malle que entrou para história do Festival de Veneza". Blog do Acervo - O Globo (in البرتغالية البرازيلية). Retrieved 2023-08-12.
External links
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- 1980 drama films
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- Brazilian avant-garde and experimental films
- Brazilian drama films
- Films directed by Glauber Rocha
- Films shot in Brasília
- Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city)
- 1980s Portuguese-language films
- 1980 Brazilian films
- Portuguese-language drama films