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Entranced Earth (Portuguese: Terra em Transe [ˈtɛʁɐ ẽj ˈtɾɐ̃zi], "World in a Trance", also called Land in Anguish or Earth Entranced) is a 1967 Brazilian Cinema Novo drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was shot in Parque Lage and at the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro.
1h 48m. IMDb RATING. 7.3 /10. 3.6K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. In the fictional Latin American country Eldorado, a poet tries to effect political change by influencing powerful men. Director. Glauber Rocha. Writer. Glauber Rocha. Stars. Jardel Filho. Paulo Autran. José Lewgoy. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. search Amazon.
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- Drama
- Glauber Rocha
- 1967-05-02
In his essay on Terra em Transe, “Land in Anguish: Allegory and Agony,” Xavier writes of the aural agony that Rocha inflicts on us with the soundtrack. From the wonderfully rousing, rhythmic popular Afro music, we are thrust into an increasingly aggressive “music” of guns.
TERRA EM TRANSE (LAND IN ANGUISH), an explosive study of art and politics in the third world, is Glauber Rocha’s most personal film as well as his most brilliant contribution to political cinema. A number of circumstances make this rereading of the film especially timely.
Land in Anguish 1967 1h 46m Drama List 60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 81% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A Brazilian poet finds himself torn between the views of the man who raised him and those of a...
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- Jardel Filho
- Glauber Rocha
- Drama
Nov 9, 2017 · Looking at populist politics and the inescapable corruption of power in the nation, Land in Anguish revolutionised the filmmaker’s practice.
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative.
