Synopsis

The Age of the Earth (1980)

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.
Glauber Rocha
Antônio Pitanga, Tarcísio Meira, Jece Valadão, Geraldo del Rey, Maurício do Valle, Norma Bengell, Ana Maria Magalhães, Danuza Leão, Glauber Rocha, Carlos Castello Branco, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Mário Gusmão, Carlos Petrovich, Paloma Rocha, Alexandre Ribondi, Dimer Camargo Monteiro, Ari Pararraios
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