Nelson Pereira dos Santos, cinema novo's "spirit of light"

Document author(s):

Vincent Canby, Luiz Rosemberg Filho, David Neves, Alex Viany, Fabiano Canosa, Richard Peña, Louis Marcorelles, Robert Stam, Jorge Amado, Wendy Keys, Helena Salem, Paulo Antonio Perdigao, Jean-Claude Bernardet, Fernando Ferreira, Jose Carlos Avellar, and Joan Dessin

Document source:

Film Society of Lincoln Center

Publication date:

1995

Document language:

English

Document type:

program

Number of pages:

48

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, cost info, and production co

Related films:

• Rio Zona Norte (Rio, Northern Zone) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1957
• Vidas sêcas (Barren lives) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1963
• Boca de ouro (Gold mouth) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1963
• Fome de amor (Hunger for love) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1968
• Azyllo muito louco (The alienist) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1969
• Como era gostoso o meu francês (How tasty was my little Frenchman) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1971
• Quem é Beta? (Where is Beta?) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil; France — 1972
• O amuleto de Ogum (The amulet of Ogum) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1975
• Tenda dos milagres (Tent of miracles) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1977
• Na estrada da vida (On the road of life) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1980
• Memórias do cárcere (Memories of prison) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1984
• A terceira margem do rio (The third bank of the river) — Santos, Nélson Pereira dos — Brazil — 1994

Film country(ies):

Brazil and France

Film language(s):

Portuguese and South American Indian

Film production company:

Copacabana Filmes, Dahlia Film, Empresa Brasileira de Filmes, Faama Film, Herbert Richers, Imbracine, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas, Regina Filmes, Regina Films, Santos, Sino Filmes, and Vilafilmes Produes Cinematograficas

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Dark comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Feature, Historical, Music, Parody, Prison, Science fiction, and Social problem

Film subject(s):

• Amado, Jorge, 1912- . Tenda dos milagres -- Film and video adaptations
• Associations, institutions, etc. -- Brazil -- Sociological aspects -- Drama
• Bahia (Brazil : State) -- 1930s -- Drama
• Blacks -- Brazil -- Drama
• Brazil -- Discovery and exploration -- French -- 16th century -- Drama
• Brazil -- Politics and government -- 1964-1985 -- Drama
• Brazil -- Religion -- Drama
• Cannibalism -- Brazil -- Drama
• Carnival -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Drama
• Caxias do Sul (Brazil) -- Social life and customs - Drama
• Composers -- Brazil -- Drama
• Disasters -- Drama
• Explorers -- Brazil -- Drama
• Family life -- Brazil -- Drama
• Figueiredo, Guilherme -- Film and video adaptations
• Future life -- Drama
• Heroes -- Brazil -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Married people -- Brazil -- Drama
• Migrant labor -- Brazil -- Drama
• Novelists, Brazilian -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama
• Political prisoners -- Brazil -- Biography -- Drama
• Poverty -- Brazil -- Brasília -- Drama
• Poverty -- Brazil -- Drama
• Prison -- Brazil -- Drama
• Prisoners' writings, Brazilian -- Drama
• Psychiatric hospitals -- Brazil -- Drama
• Racism -- Brazil -- Drama
• Ramos, Graciliano, 1892-1953 -- Biography -- Drama
• Ramos, Graciliano, 1892-1953. Memórias do cárcere -- Film and video adaptations
• Ramos, Graciliano, 1892-1953. Vidas sêcas -- Film and video adaptations
• Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• River life -- Brazil -- Drama
• Rodrigues, Nelson -- Film and video adaptations
• Rosa, João Guimarãres, 1908-1967. Primeiras estórias -- Film and video adaptations
• Sertão (São Paulo, Brazil) -- Drama
• Sexual deviation -- Brazil -- Drama
• Singers -- Brazil -- Drama
• Social scientists -- Brazil -- Drama
• Supernatural -- Brazil -- Drama
• Umbanda (Cult) -- Brazil -- Drama
• Working class -- Brazil -- Drama

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