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1980 Brazilian film directed by Glauber Rocha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Age of the Earth (Portuguese: A Idade da Terra) is a 1980 Brazilian avant-garde film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was his final film.
| The Age of the Earth | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Glauber Rocha |
| Written by | Glauber Rocha |
| Based on | A Idade da Terra by Castro Alves |
| Produced by | Glauber Rocha |
| Starring | Maurício do Valle Jece Valadão Antonio Pitanga Tarcísio Meira Geraldo Del Rey |
| Cinematography | Roberto de Castro Pires Pedro de Moraes |
| Edited by | Carlos Cavalcante Cox Raul Soares Ricardo Miranda |
| Music by | Rogério Duarte |
Production companies | Glauber Rocha Produções Embrafilme |
| Distributed by | Embrafilme |
Release date |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
The film had its world premiere at the Golden Lion competition of the 1980 Venice Film Festival.
Rocha started the film in 1975 and planned to shoot it in Los Angeles, and subsequently proposed it in Paris, Rome, Mexico and Venezuela, but was unable to obtain financial support.[2][3]
It was finally shot in Bahia, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro.[1]
It was Rocha's last film and the one that caused the most controversy.[4]
It was produced by Embrafilme, a state-funded company, during the Brazilian military dictatorship, despite this, filmmakers had some level of creative freedom while shooting, the dictatorship used to impose its heavy censorship after productions had been completed. Rocha himself had been living in exile during the 70's, after numerous attempts of the censorship were made to Entranced Earth (1967) and Antonio das Mortes (1969).[5]
Regardless, it was boycotted by international critics and "crucified" at the 1980 Venice Film Festival,[6][7] especially after an argument between Rocha and Louis Malle at the presence of numerous journalists, shortly after the Golden Lion results were announced.[8] Atlantic City, directed by Malle, had won the main prize and was deemed imperialist, by Rocha: "You won because your film was produced by Gaumont, an imperialist multinational"[8]
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