Black God, White Devil | |
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Directed by | Glauber Rocha |
Written by | Glauber Rocha |
Produced by | Luiz Augusto Mendes |
Starring | Yoná Magalhães Geraldo Del Rey Othon Bastos Maurício do Valle |
Cinematography | Waldemar Lima |
Edited by | Glauber Rocha Rafael Justo Valverde |
Music by | Sérgio Ricardo |
Production company | Copacabana Filmes |
Distributed by | Herbert Richers Copacabana Filmes |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Box office | $7,826[2][3] |
Black God, White Devil (Portuguese: Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol; literally, "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun") is a 1964 Brazilian Western adventure film directed and written by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and Geraldo Del Rey.
Shot in Monte Santo, Bahia,[1] it belongs to the Cinema Novo movement, addressing the sociopolitical problems of 1960s Brazil.[4] The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[5]
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Black God, White Devil the 2nd greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.[6]
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