Dir: Glauber Rocha, 1964, 2hr Portuguese with English Subtitles, Cert: 12 Tue 31 March // 20:00 Tickets: £5 "My Brazilian films belong to a whole period when my generation was full of wild dreams and hopes. They are full of enthusiasm, faith and militancy and were inspired by my great love of Brazil."- Glauber Rocha We are very excited to be showing the film that put Brazil and the Cinema Novo on the cinematic map, one that features a reconfiguration of the Western for a Latin context. Manoel and Rosa are on the run in the wastelands after Manoel kills his boss for cheating him. Along the way, they meet a curious and socially varied cast of characters including a religious leader who preaches revolution, cangaceiros who want the same and the now-iconic cangaceiro hunter, Antonio das Mortes. Glauber's film pulsates with fury and radiates poetry, the film of a man longing for a better world. This film is a great example of the "aesthetic of hunger" he cultivated in order to depict Latin America's unique situation as a continent, a film style mixing mysticism and politics to countervail the dominance of Western cinematic forms. Please, come to Brazil with us!

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