Entranced Earth
This end-of-year cycle invites audiences to discover select 35mm prints from in our collection, creating dynamic contrasts in eras, styles, and cultures from one film to the next.
Winner of the Golden Leopard, 1967 Locarno Film Festival
In Eldorado, a fictional Latin American country, Paulo Martins, a dying journalist, recalls a period of political uproar that pitted two leaders with divergent convictions against each other.
Glauber Rocha
Born in 1938 in Brazil, Glauber Rocha began his career as a critic and journalist before turning to directing. His first feature, Barravento (1962), paved the way, but his second film, Black God, White Devil (1964), propelled him to international acclaim. This mystical and baroque film, deeply engaged with Brazil’s political aspirations, is celebrated as a manifesto of the “Cinema Novo” movement and initiated his Earth trilogy, followed by Entranced Earth (1967) and Antonio das Mortes (1969), both Cannes award winners. In 1970, after the 1964 military coup, Rocha left Brazil, creating experimental works abroad such as The Lion Has Seven Heads and Cutting Heads. His controversial return in 1976 sparked debate over his praise for the military regime. Rocha died in 1981, shortly after completing The Age of the Earth (1980).
