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Iracema (1976)
Directed by Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna
“A raw showing of the Transamazonic Road”
Drama · 1h 36m
A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by Brazilian censors. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.
Cast
Edna de Cássia
Paulo César Peréio
Conceição Senna
Fernando Neves
Orlando Senna
Crew
- Director
- Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna
- Screenplay
- Orlando Senna
- Director of Photography
- Jorge Bodanzky
- Original Music Composer
- Achim Tappen
- Editor
- Eva Grundman, Jorge Bodanzky
- Producer
- Orlando Senna
Details
- Original title
- Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica
- Release date
- 1976-06-02
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, Germany
- Production
- ZDF, Stopfilm