History of Brazil

(1974)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1974

Runtime: 166 мин

Country: Brazil, Italy

Director: Glauber Rocha

Cast: Jésus Histon, Emilio Garrastazu Médici, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, João Goulart, Jânio Quadros, Juscelino Kubitschek, Getúlio Vargas, Фидель Кастро, Эрнесто Че Гевара, Джон Фицджералд Кеннеди

Plot

The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."