The Age of the Earth
A Idade da Terra
Release: 1980-11-17
·Runtime: 148m
·★ 6.2
Drama
Fantasy
History
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.
Production Countries
Brazil
Production Companies
C.P.C. Cinematografica
Centro de Produção e Comunicação
Embrafilme
Filmes 3
Glauber Rocha Comunicações Artísticas
Ponto Filmes
Cast
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
as Self
Ana Maria Magalhães
as Aurora Madalena
Paloma Rocha
as Young Woman
Glauber Rocha
as Self (uncredited)
Jece Valadão
as Indigenous Christ
Geraldo del Rey
as Revolutionary Christ
Maurício do Valle
as Brahms
Antônio Pitanga
as Black Christ
Tarcísio Meira
as Military Christ
Norma Bengell
as Amazon Queen
Danuza Leão
as Brahms' Wife
