The Age of the Earth

The Age of the Earth
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGlauber Rocha
Written byGlauber Rocha
Based onA Idade da Terra
by Castro Alves
Produced byGlauber Rocha
StarringMaurício do Valle
Jece Valadão
Antonio Pitanga
Tarcísio Meira
Geraldo Del Rey
CinematographyRoberto de Castro Pires
Pedro de Moraes
Edited byCarlos Cavalcante Cox
Raul Soares
Ricardo Miranda
Music byRogério Duarte
Production
companies
Glauber Rocha Produções
Embrafilme
Distributed byEmbrafilme
Release date
  • November 17, 1980 (1980-11-17)[1]
Running time
154 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

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 film had its world premiere at the Golden Lion competition of the 1980 Venice Film Festival.

  1. ^ "A Idade da Terra" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved May 3, 2014.