The Age of the Earth

(1980)

★ 6 IMDb · 30 votes

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History

Year: 1980

Runtime: 152 мин

Country: Brazil

Director: Glauber Rocha

Cast: Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antônio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira, Geraldo del Rey, Ana Maria Magalhães, Norma Bengell, Danuza Leão, Carlos Petrovich, Mário Gusmão

Plot

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.