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The Age of the Earth

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Calorie Rating: 208
Released: 1980-11-17
Running Time: 148 Minutes
Studios: C.P.C. Cinematografica, Centro de Produção e Comunicação, Embrafilme, Filmes 3, Glauber Rocha Comunicações Artísticas, Ponto Filmes,


Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a black man, a soldier, an Indian, and a guerrilla fighter. These courageous individuals, hailed as the harbingers of doom in the tupiniquim lands, valiantly combat the insatiable avarice and oppressive "civilizing" brutality propagated by the formidable John Brahms—a foreign exploiter devoid of morals.

Director / Directors



Cast

Maurício do Valle
Character: Brahms
Jece Valadão
Character: Indian Christ
Antônio Pitanga
Character: Black Christ

Tarcísio Meira
Character: Military Christ
Geraldo del Rey
Character: Revolutionary Christ
Ana Maria Magalhães
Character: Aurora Madalena

Norma Bengell
Character: Amazon Queen
Danuza Leão
Character: Brahms' Wife
Carlos Petrovich
Character: Devil

Mário Gusmão
Character: Babalaô
Paloma Rocha
Character: Young Woman
Carlos Castello Branco
Character: Self

João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Character: Self

Glauber Rocha
Character: Self (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Walter Schilke
Production Director
Carlos Alberto Diniz
Executive Producer
Wilson Mendes Andrade Jr.
Executive Producer

Tizuka Yamasaki
Production Director

Roberto Pires
Director of Photography
Roque Araújo
Electrician

Pedro de Moraes
Director of Photography
Paula Gaitán
Art Direction