Underplayed Gems

O Desafio (1966)

O Desafio poster
Directed by
Paulo César Saraceni
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A leftist student has a romance with the wife of a wealthy industrialist in 1960s Brazil. The film investigates the psychological impact of the 1964 military coup on intellectuals.

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What happens

O Desafio é um filme de 1965 que marcou o cinema novo, dirigido por Paulo César Saraceni, com roteiro de Nelson Xavier e produção de Sérgio Saraceni. Por tratar do romance entre a mulher de um rico industrial, Ada e Marcelo (Vianinha), um estudante de esquerda, foi entendido como apologia do amor entre as classes. Passou pela censura do regime militar.[carece de fontes?] Pode-se dizer que o diretor quis investigar as razões do Golpe Militar de 1964 (a traição da burguesia industrial, que não se mostrou progressista) e seu impacto psicológico sobre os intelectuais.[carece de fontes?] O filme terminou quando Glauber Rocha, Carlos Heitor Cony, Flávio Rangel, Paulo Francis e outros foram presos em 1965, no fim da escadaria do bairro carioca da Glória, perto de um hotel onde esses intelectuais protestaram contra a ditadura militar diante de autoridades internacionais.[carece de fontes?] (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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