The Turning Wind (1962)
Barravento
In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
- Date of release
- 1962-05-28
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (39)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Glauber Rocha
Casting
- Antônio Pitanga — Firmino
- Luiza Maranhão — Cota
- Lucy de Carvalho — Naína
- Aldo Teixeira — Aruã
- Lídio Silva — Mestre
- Edmundo Albuquerque
- Francisco dos Santos Brito
- Hélio de Oliveira
- Antônio Carlos dos Santos
- João Gama — Vicente
- Milton Gaúcho
- Fred Júnior
Interesting facts
Barravento is a 1962 Brazilian drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. The directorial debut of Rocha, it stars Antonio Pitanga, Luíza Maranhão, Lucy Carvalho, and Aldo Teixeira. It is one of the most important films of the Cinema Novo movement, which addressing the socio-political problems of Brazil. It was entirely shot on locations of Salvador, Bahia between 1959 and September 1960.
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