Glauber Rocha
Birthday: 1939-03-14
Place of Birth: Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Biography: Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Vitória da Conquista, March 14, 1939 — Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 1981) was a Brazilian filmmaker, considered by critics, specialized journalists and the public as one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian cinema. Revered as a revolutionary genius, he was one of the founders of the avant-garde Cinema Novo movement, and many of his works, such as Deus e o Diabo Na Terra do Sol, Terra em Transe and O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro, are often listed as some of the best Brazilian films of all time.
Movies
The Good Cinema
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguin...
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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship....
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Steps
An experimental, visual poem that registers life and the architecture of Sintra (Portugal), captured...
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A Mulher da Luz Própria
Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of act...
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ORG
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with c...
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Days in Sintra
Using home movies and other media, a filmmaker returns to Sintra, Portugal to search for memories of...
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Rocha Que Voa
Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba....
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capit...
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N...
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I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Sov...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo...
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11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso
A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key cha...
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The Guns and the People
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, re...
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The Age of the Earth
Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cu...
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Jorge Amado no Cinema
Jorjamado no Cinema foi feito para um programa de televisão consagrado ao escritor Jorge Amado. Ness...
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Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Ag...
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At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scene...
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Wind from the East
A politically oriented film in which images suggestive of a mock western are accompanied by an attac...
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Bahia, For Example
Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts...
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Depois do Transe
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced ...
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Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazili...
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Life is Strange
In 1973, during a trip to the city of Essaouira, in Morocco, Glauber Rocha and girlfriend Mossa Bild...
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Simon of the Desert
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a co...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...
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Claro
In the words of the director, a movie about 'the colonizers in the view of the colonized', the movie...
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Abry
At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. ...
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Cinema Novo
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in c...
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Entangling Shadows
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the...
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Os Cravos e a Rocha
On April 25, 1974 the iconoclastic Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha was in Portugal. There, he join...
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Golpe de Vista
The rise of Brazilian directors Anselmo Duarte and Glauber Rocha occurred through different professi...
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A Grande Feira
The naive sailor Ron arrives in Bahia to visit the famous Água dos Meninos street market. There, how...
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A Hora do leão - Os sete leões de Glauber
Documentary about Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças...
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Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's origin...
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Abertura
One of the most daring and radical shows presented in Brazilian television: "Abertura". It was broad...
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Another Country
The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographer...
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Race Antenna
In 1979, while Brazil was going through the troubled moment of the Amnesty Law, Glauber Rocha direct...
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Glauber, Claro
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interview...
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Tatu Bola
Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and ...
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Tropicália
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary explor...
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Paloma, Paloma
A diary of a trip filmed by Glauber in Punta del Leste (Uruguay – 1972) that documents the reunion o...
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Dib
Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, co...
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L'Homme aux cheveux bleus
From the first meeting with the critic Louis Marcorelles to his last interview in Cahiers du cinéma,...
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Colagem
The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and...
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