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Entranced Earth streaming

Original title: Terra em Transe
1967 Movie Brazil Drama, Thriller 108 min
By: Glauber Rocha With: Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy

Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.

Filmium rating
73%

Festival Achievements

Berlin International Film Festival 2005
Selections:
Forum 2005
Festival de Cannes 2004
Selections:
Cannes Classics
Festival de Cannes 1967
Awards:
In Competition - Feature films

Mood

Critical
Disillusioned
Melancholic
Political Unrest
Reflective
Serious

Cast & Crew

Glauber Rocha
José Lewgoy
Paulo Autran
Jardel Filho
Brazilian Actors
Danuza Leão (Silvia)
Glauber Rocha (Director)
Glauce Rocha (Sara)
Jardel Filho (Paulo Martins)
José Lewgoy (Felipe Vieira)
New Cinema
Paulo Autran (Porfirio Diaz)
Paulo Gracindo (Don Julio Fuentes)

Adaptation

Original Screenplay

Budget

Low-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Allegorical Imagery
Artistic
Documentary-Style
Political Allegory
Symbolic Imagery
Symbolic Visuals

Film Movements

New Cinema

Narrative Structure

Flashback
Nonlinear

Pace

Contemplative
Deliberate
Reflective
Slow
Slow-Paced

Soundtrack

Dramatic Music
Political Score

Style

Allegorical
New Cinema
Non-Linear
Political Satire

Time-Period

1960S Brazil
Military Dictatorship Era

Central Conflict

Disillusionment With Leadership
Economic Influence
Political Power Struggle

Characters

Activist
Businessman
Conservative Politician
Idealistic Journalist
Poet

Ending

Disillusionment
Political Stagnation

Historical Context

1960S Political Upheaval
Brazilian Military Dictatorship

Key Plot Points

Armed Struggle
Corruption
Support For Political Candidates

Plot

Allegorical
Disillusionment
Personal Conflict
Political Corruption
Political Disillusionment
Social Injustice

Setting

1960S
Brazil
Brazilian Political Landscape
Fictional Country Eldorado
Political Landscape

Shooting Location

Lage Park
Municipal Theatre
Rio De Janeiro

Theme

Disillusionment
Idealism Vs Reality
Political Corruption
Political Disillusionment
Social Injustice

Genre

Drama
New Cinema
Political Allegory
Political Satire

Audiences

Adult
Adults
Film Enthusiasts
Political Cinema
Political Cinephiles

Titles

Earth In Motion
Entranced Earth
Gi se ektasi
Land in Anguish
Terra em transe
Terra em transe - Land Entranced
Terra in trance
Tierra en trance
Ziemia w transie

Reception

Awards
Cannes Film Festival Award
Controversial
International Acclaim
Locarno Golden Leopard

Production Countries

Brazil

Release Year

1967
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