The Age of the Earth

The Age of the Earth (Portuguese: A Idade da Terra) is an 1980 avant-garde film directed by Glauber Rocha.



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[hide]  *1 Cast  ==Cast[ edit] == ==Production[ edit] == 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, Distrito Federal, andRio de Janeiro.[1] ==Reception[ edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">It was Rocha's last film and the one that caused the most controversy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  Because it was produced by Embrafilme, a state company, during the Brazilian military dictatorship, it was boycotted by critics and "crucified at the 1980 Venice Film Festiva",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5]  where it was nominated for the Golden Lion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]
 * 2 Production
 * 3 Reception
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links
 * Maurício do Valle as John Brahms
 * Jece Valadão as Indigenous Christ
 * Antonio Pitanga as Black Christ
 * Tarcísio Meira as Military Christ
 * Geraldo Del Rey as Guerilla Christ
 * Ana Maria Magalhães as Aurora Madalena
 * Norma Bengell as Amazonas' Queen
 * Carlos Petrovich as the Devil
 * Mário Gusmão as Babalawo
 * Danuza Leão
 * Paloma Rocha