BRAZIL · 1980
A Idade da Terra
Cinema Novo Brazil
brazilian politics
religious allegory
social resistance
postcolonial identity
militarism
Synopsis
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,
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