Earth Entranced
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Glauber Rocha
Jardel Filho
José Lewgoy
Glauce Rocha
Paulo Autran
Paulo Gracindo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Paulo Martins, a journalist and poet in the South American country of Eldorado, is killed by the police as he leaves the headquarters of Felipe Vieira, the liberal governor of the province of Alecrim. As he dies, Paulo remembers his political involvements of the past years: Paulo abandons his close friend, Porfirio Diaz, a reactionary mystic, to work for the election of Vieira, the populist candidate for governor. Vieira is elected, but his peasant constituents are soon disillusioned with his neglect of reform. Paulo returns to Eldorado City in order to continue writing poetry, but his mistress Sara encourages him to reenter politics. He persuades his employer, Julio Fuentès, a wealthy industrialist with diverse interests in newspapers and television, to allow him access to the media to attack Diaz. Paulo ridicules Diaz on a television show and depicts him as a puppet for the International Exploitation Company. Vieira is now supported by the Catholic Church, but Diaz has the backing of Fuentès and the central government. Paulo unsuccessfully tries to persuade Vieira to continue in what is now a revolutionary election campaign; as Paulo leaves the Vieira headquarters, he is shot by the police.
Director
Glauber Rocha
Cast
Jardel Filho
José Lewgoy
Glauce Rocha
Paulo Autran
Paulo Gracindo
Danuza Leao
Hugo Carvana
Zózimo Bulbul
Antonio Carnera
Emanuel Cavalcanti
Rafael De Carvalho
Mario Lago
José Marinho
Flávio Migliaccio
Francisco Milani
Paulo César Pereio
Echio Reis
Thelma Reston
Ivan De Souza
Modesto De Souza
Jofre Soares
Mauricio Do Valle
Darlene Gloria
Elisabeth Gasper
Irma Alvarez
Sonia Clara
Clovis Bornay
Crew
Agnaldo Azevedo
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Antonio Calmon
Carlos Diegues
Eduardo Escorel
Carlos Gomes
Moyses Kendler
Dib Lufti
Sergio Ricardo
Glauber Rocha
Paulo Gil Soares
Paulo Gil Soares
Mair Tavares
Raymundo Vanderley
José Ventura
Giuseppe Verdi
Aluizio Viana
Zelito Viana
Heito Villa-lobos
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location near Rio de Janeiro. Opened there in May 1967 as Terra em transe. Additional music includes "Samba of the Favela de Rio" and "Alué de candomblé of Bahía."
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States 1998
Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City November 29 and December 4, 1998.
Film was restored, re-translated and re-subtitled through the courtesy of director Martin Scorsese.
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art (Cinema Novo and Beyond) in New York City November 29 and December 4, 1998.)
