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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.
Black God, White Devil: Directed by Glauber Rocha. With Geraldo Del Rey, Yoná Magalhães, Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle. After killing his employer when he tries to cheat him out of his payment, a man becomes an outlaw and starts following a self-proclaimed saint.
Myth, mysticism, and revolution collide in a blistering existential western from Glauber Rocha, a pioneer of Brazil’s socially committed Cinema Novo movement. After killing his swindling boss, ranch hand Manoel (Geraldo Del Rey) goes on the run with his wife, Rosa (Yoná Magalhães).
Black God, White Devil Released Sep 25, 1971 2h 0m Drama Western Crime Adventure List 100% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 79% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings The adventures of hired gunman Antonio...
By J. Hoberman. Nov. 16, 2023. Replete with religious cults, righteous outlaws, starving peasants and the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Glauber Rocha’s stark, violent “Black God, White Devil”...
Steeped in history, myth, religion, and politics, and suffused with the feverish intensity of the blistering desert, Black God, White Devil is one of the Cinema Novo movement's most...
A film at once alluringly mystical and radically political, Black God, White Devil interweaves documentary elements and iconoclastic formal experimentation to yield one of world cinema’s all-time great shots across the bow.
