A IDADE DA TERRA (The Age of the Earth) 1980 by Glauber Rocha

AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
October 3 – 31, 2017 Program
GLAUBER ROCHA: A Generation of Wild Dreams
The series is presented in association with the Brazilian Embassy in Yerevan.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 20:00
A IDADE DA TERRA (The Age of the Earth)
1980, Brazil, 140 min, Political Drama, DVD*
Director: Glauber Rocha
Stars: Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga
The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Starting from a dialectical synthesis between capitalism and socialism, and a search of interracial relationships in Brazil, Rocha created a work of religious and prophetic tone that results in a kind of bewilderment contemplative, now lyrical, now frantic, soaked in a new messianism. In his last film, the director proposed a tune of sounds and images that build a picture of Brazil and a portrait of himself.
* DVD is contributed by Heitor Loureiro (Brazil)
* Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
* Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* DVDs for the program are from Khachatur Aloyan’s private collection (USA).