The Turning Wind

(1962)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 39 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1962

Runtime: 78 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Glauber Rocha

Cast: Antônio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira, Lídio Silva, Edmundo Albuquerque, Francisco dos Santos Brito, Hélio de Oliveira, Antônio Carlos dos Santos, João Gama

Plot

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.