Glauber Rocha
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Glauber Rocha (March 14, 1938–August 22, 1981) was a Brazilian film director, actor, and writer. He was born in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. He was a law student but quickly turned to film criticism and direction. After a 1964 military coup, Rocha voluntarily left Brazil but returned to support the government's plan to re-introduce democracy. He was married three times and had five children. Rocha lived in Europe for many years but returned to Brazil from Lisbon, where he had been receiving medical treatment for a lung infection, and died in a Rio de Janeiro hospital.
His film trilogy, made up of Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964), Terra em Transe (1967) and O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro (1969), won international prizes. His films were renowned for their strongly-expressed political themes, often combined with mysticism and folklore, but also for their style. He was among the most famous directors of the Cinema Novo movement.
[edit] Filmography
- 1961 - Barravento
- 1964 - Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
- 1967 - Terra em Transe
- 1969 - O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro, released in the USA as Antonio das Mortes
- 1970 - O Leão de Sete Cabeças
- 1975 - Claro
- 1979 - Cabeças Cortadas
- 1980 - A Idade da Terra
- 1985 - História do Brasil (post mortem)
