
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Widely considered to be the greatest Brazilian film of all time Black God White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) influenced such major filmmakers as Martin Scorsese & Sergio Leone & is Glauber Rocha&s finest & most moving work An epic & moving work Black God White Devil Set in the 1940s the picture follows Manuel who kills his employer after he tries to cheat him out of his wages From then on Manuel & his wife Rosa move around the country robbing & killing as they go listening to the words of religious mystics & self-proclaimed saints as try to find their place in a ruthless land of corruption anguish & violence What makes this film all the more remarkable is the fact that director Glauber Rocha was only 25 years old when he wrote & began filming this masterwork a film which cries out for man to determine his own path The picture was nominated for the 1964 Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival & is considered to be a seminal piece of the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement Actors Geraldo Del Rey Yona Magalhaes Othon Bastos Maurício do Valle Lidio Silva Sonia Dos Humildes Joao Gama Antonio Pinto & Milton Rosa Director Glauber Rocha Certificate 18 years & over Year 1964 Languages Portugese Subtitles English Duration 2 hours (approx)