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The Age of the Earth(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-11-17
60%
30 Votes
Time: 2h 28m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil
ProductionCompanies: 
C.P.C. Cinematografica
Centro de Produção e Comunicação
Filmes 3
Glauber Rocha Comunicações Artísticas
Ponto Filmes
Movie: The Age of the Earth
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maurício do Valle
Brahms
Jece Valadão
Indigenous Christ
Antônio Pitanga
Black Christ
Tarcísio Meira
Military Christ
Geraldo del Rey
Revolutionary Christ
Ana Maria Magalhães
Aurora Madalena
Norma Bengell
Amazon Queen
Danuza Leão
Brahms' Wife
Mário Gusmão
Babalaô
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1980-11-17
Average
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