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Who Is Beta? (1972)
Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
“Pas De Violence Entre Nous”
Drama, Science Fiction · 1h 25m
The critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’ delirious science-fiction vision of free love in a post-apocalyptic wilderness besieged by flesh hungry zombies contaminated by an unnamed nuclear attack. Who is Beta? follows two statuesque survivors drawn irresistibly together only to be entranced by the arrival and sudden disappearance of a third, the bewitching raven haired Beta. With its cartoon-like depiction of extreme violence and desire, Who is Beta? offers a heady Pop-infused companion to Hunger for Love. Yet beneath its giddy play of surfaces, dos Santos' underappreciated film gradually reveals a darkly ambiguous metaphoric dimension. -Harvard Film Archive
Cast
Noëlle Adam
Sylvie Fennec
Frédéric de Pasquale
Isabel Ribeiro
Nildo Parente
Manfredo Colassanti
Arduíno Colassanti
Ana Maria Miranda
Flávio São Thiago
Crew
- Director
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Writer
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gérard Levy-Clerc
- Director of Photography
- Dib Lutfi
- Editor
- André Delage, Carlos Alberto Camuyrano
Details
- Original title
- Quem é Beta?
- Release date
- 1972-04-11
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, France
- Production
- Regina Filmes, Dahlia Film