Barravento (1962)
- Directed by
- Glauber Rocha
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a coastal fishing village in Bahia, a man returns and tries to stir the community against the oppressive system that controls their lives. The film shows the tensions between tradition and change through the lives of poor fishermen.
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What happens
Barravento (Portuguese: [ˌbaʁɐˈvẽtu], lit. 'The Turning Wind') is a 1962 Brazilian drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. The directorial debut of Rocha, it stars Antonio Pitanga, Luíza Maranhão, Lucy Carvalho, and Aldo Teixeira. It is one of the most important films of the Cinema Novo movement, which addressing the socio-political problems of Brazil. It was enterly shot on locations of Salvador, Bahia between 1959 and September 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Violent and the Damned (1962)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.