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Barravento
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Wikipedia article
'Barravento' (lit. "The Turning Wind") is a 1962 Brazilian drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. The directorial debut of Rocha, it stars Antonio Pitanga, Luza Maranho, Lucy Carvalho, and Aldo Teixeira. It is one of the most important films of the Cinema Novo movement, which addressing the socio-political problems of Brazil. It was enterly shot on locations of Salvador, Bahia between 1959 and September 1960.
Plot
In a village of xaru (Kingfish) fishermen, whose ancestors came as slaves from Africa, persist old mystic cults connected to candombl. The arrival of Firmino, a former inhabitant who moved to Salvador, running away from poverty, transforms the peaceable panorama of the place, and polarizes tensions. Firmino is attracted to Cota, but he is not able to forget Nana who, on her part, likes Aru. Firmino orders dispatch against Aru, that isnt attained, in opposite to the village that sees the cut net, impeding the fishing. Firmino stirs up the fishermen to revolt against the owner of the net, coming to destroy it. Policemen arrive at the village to control the equipment. In his fight against exploitation, Firmino argues against the master, mediator between the fishermen and the owner of the net. A fisherman convinces Aru of fishing without the net, since his chastity would make him a protected man of Iemanj. The fishermen are successful in their piecework, under the leadership of Aru. Nana reveals her impossible love for Aru to an old black woman. In his defeat against mysticism, Firmino convinces Cota of taking away Arus virginity, and consequently breaking the religious enchantment that makes him a protected man of Iemanj. Aru takes the bait. A storm announces the barravento, the violent moment. The fishermen leave for the sea, two of them die, Vicente and Chico. Firmino denounces Arus loss of chastity. The Master reneges. Nana accepts to make the ritual. But before he decides to leave for the city to work and to earn money for the purchase of a new net. In the same place where Firmino arrived at the village, Aru leaves for the city.
Cast
*Antonio Pitanga as Firmino (credited as Antonio Sampaio)
*Luza Maranho as Cota
*Lucy Carvalho as Nana
*Aldo Teixeira as Aru
*Lidio Silva as Master
References
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