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{{Infobox film

| caption =

| image = German poster for 1969 film Antonio Das Mortes.jpg

| director = Glauber Rocha

| producer = Glauber Rocha
Zelito Viana
Claude Antoine
Luiz Carlos Barreto

| writer = Glauber Rocha

| starring = Maurcio do Valle
Odete Lara
Othon Bastos
Hugo Carvana

| music = Srgio Ricardo

| cinematography = Affonso Beato

| editing = Eduardo Escorel

| studio = Mapa Filmes

| distributor = Mapa Filmes

| released =

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

| budget =

}}

'Antonio das Mortes' (, lit. "The Dragon of Wickedness Against the Holy Warrior") is a 1969 Brazilian western film directed by Glauber Rocha. It is often cited as the last installment of Rocha's film trilogy, preceded by 'Black God, White Devil' and 'Entranced Earth'. It features return of the character Antonio das Mortes, now as the protagonist, again played by Maurcio do Valle. The original title is a reference to the tale of Saint George and the Dragon.

Plot



After the World War II, in the Brazilian serto. A group of impoverished peasant mystics ('beatos') gathered around Dona Santa (Rosa Maria Penna), a female spiritual figure, join in veneration of Saint George with an obscure figure named Coirana (Lorival Pariz). Coirana claims to have restarted the cangao and seeks to take the revenge of Lampio and other cangaceiro martyrs, presenting the tale of Saint George and the Dragon in a contemporary class conflict context. They threaten the town of Jardim de Piranhas governed by 'Coronel' Horcio (Joffre Soares) a blind and old cattle owner married to younger and attractive Laura (Odete Lara). Dr. Mattos (Hugo Carvana), the corrupt police chief of the town, hires Antnio das Mortes as a 'jaguno' against Coirana and Antnio fatally wounds Coirana in a duel. However, Antnio is changed by his experiences with the poor, and so he then demands that the 'coronel' distribute the food stored in a warehouse to the remaining cangaceiros. The colonel raged and sent Mata Vaca (Vincius Salvatori) to kill Antnio das Mortes. But Antnio das Mortes with the help of his friend "Professor" (Othon Bastos) kills Mata Vaca and his jagunos. The 'coronel' is killed by Anto (Mrio Gusmo), the helper and possibly lover of Dona Santa in a scene reminiscent of Saint George slaying the Dragon iconography. The movie ends with Antnio das Mortes walking by the roadside, carrying on the struggle - in some ways hopeless or unending - which extends beyond the killing of the colonel and the expropriation of his land.

Cast



* Maurcio do Valle - Antnio das Mortes

* Odete Lara - Laura

* Othon Bastos - Professor

* Hugo Carvana - Dr. Mattos

* Joffre Soares - Coronel Horcio

* Lorival Pariz - Coirana

* Rosa Maria Penna - Dona Santa

* Vincius Salvatori - Mata Vaca

* Mrio Gusmo - Anto

* Emmanuel Cavalcanti - Priest

* Santi Scaldaferri - Batista

* Conceio Senna - Waitress

* Paulo Lima

Awards



Rocha won the award for Best Director at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. It was chosen by the Ministry of Culture to represent Brazil in the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Soundtrack



* 'Antonio das Mortes', written & performed by Srgio Ricardo

* 'Carinhoso', written by Pixinguinha & Joo de Barro, performed by Odete Lara & Hugo Carvana

* 'Coirana', written by Walter Queiroz, performed by Lorival Pariz

* 'Volta por Cima', written by Paulo Vanzolini

* 'Ukrinmakrinkrin', for soprano, wind instruments, and piano, composed by Marlos Nobre

See also



* List of submissions to the 42nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Brazilian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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