Screenplay: Glauber Rocha

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Glauber Rocha. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Turning Wind

1962 · Movie · 78 min. · Brazil

6.9

341 votes

6.9

341 votes

Black God, White Devil

1964 · Movie · 120 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Geraldo Del Rey · Yoná Magalhães · Othon Bastos · Maurício do Valle

Plot Fictionalized account of the adventures of hired gunman Antonio das Mortes, set against the real life last days of rural banditism. The movie follows Antonio as he witnesses the descent...

6.8

765 votes

6.8

765 votes

Anguished Land

1967 · Movie · 106 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Jardel Filho · Paulo Autran · José Lewgoy · Glauce Rocha

Plot In the hypothetical Latin-American country of Eldorado, the idealistic and anarchist poet and journalist Paulo Martins (Jardel Filho) fights against the populist governor, Felipe Vieira (José Lewgoy), and the conservative...

6.8

505 votes

6.8

505 votes

Antonio das Mortes

1969 · Movie · 94 min. · Brazil

6.7

412 votes

6.7

412 votes

Maranhão 66 (S)

1966 · Documentary · 10 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Plot In 1966, the young political José Sarney asked the cinema promise Glauber Rocha to film his possession over Maranhão State government. Sarney was young and full of ideas on how...

6.3

37 votes

6.3

37 votes

The Lion Has Seven Heads

1970 · Movie · 103 min. · France

6.3

33 votes

6.3

33 votes

The Age of the Earth

1980 · Movie · 150 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Maurício do Valle · Jece Valadão · Antonio Pitanga · Tarcísio Meira

Plot A controversial film by journalist, critic, and filmmaker Glauber Rocha who is the founder of the Brazilian Cinema Novo. Because his movies were banned in his native country due to...

5.8

110 votes

5.8

110 votes

Cutting Heads

1970 · Movie · 94 min. · Spain

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Francisco Rabal · Pierre Clémenti · Víctor Israel · Emma Cohen

Plot In a castle, somewhere in the Thirld World, Diaz is delirious, dreaming of the power he had in Eldorado, while oppressing the indians, workers and peasants. He is well aware...

5.5

115 votes

5.5

115 votes

O Pátio (S)

1959 · Movie · 11 min. · Brazil

4.4

47 votes

4.4

47 votes

História do Brasil

1973 · Documentary · 166 min. · Italy

Direction Glauber Rocha

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Câncer

1972 · Movie · 86 min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Odete Lara · Hugo Carvana · Antonio Pitanga · Rogério Duarte

Plot This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws, conflicts between man and woman, police and society.

Not rated

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Claro

1975 · Movie · 106 min. · Italy

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Girl of Ipanema

1967 · Movie · 90 min. · Brazil

Direction León Hirszman

Cast Márcia Rodrigues · Adriano Reys · Arduino Colasanti · Irene Stefânia

Plot Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians,...

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A Cruz na Praça (S)

1959 · Movie · min. · Brazil

Direction Glauber Rocha

Cast Luiz Carlos Maciel · Anatólio de Oliveira

Plot Unfinished shortfilm directed by Glaube Rocha in 1959. Apparently the film is missing. Rocha sadi in 1980: "In the early 60s, I had a very avant-garde idea of ??cinema, in...

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Not rated