Summaries

Four Third-World Christs try to stop the American industrialist John Brahms in Glauber Rocha's experimental film inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder.

The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Starting from a dialectical synthesis between capitalism and socialism, and a search of interracial relationships in Brazil, Rocha created a work of religious and prophetic tone that results in a kind of bewilderment contemplative, now lyrical, now frantic, soaked in a new messianism. In his last film, the director proposed a tune of sounds and images that build a picture of Brazil and a portrait of himself.—jsanchez

Details

Keywords
  • male rear nudity
  • male nudity
  • american
  • male frontal nudity
  • brazil
Genres
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
  • History
  • War
Release date Nov 16, 1980
Countries of origin Brazil
Language Portuguese
Filming locations Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Production companies Embrafilme C.P.C. Cinematografica Centro de Produção e Comunicação (C.P.C.)

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 32m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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