Antonio das Mortes

1969 [PORTUGUESE]

Action / Crime / Drama / Western

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 74% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2564 2.6K

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Plot summary

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.

Director

Glauber Rocha Photo
Glauber Rocha

Top cast

Hugo Carvana Photo
Hugo Carvana as Delegado Mattos
Vinícius Salvatori Photo
Vinícius Salvatori as Mata-Vaca
Santi Scaldaferri Photo
Santi Scaldaferri as Batista
Lorival Pariz Photo
Lorival Pariz as Coirana
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915.16 MB
1190*720
Portuguese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 1
1.66 GB
1784*1080
Portuguese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by milagrozo-1

the great mix of myths

If you watch Hollywood movies only, this one may be hard for you. But it will be a great experience for some lunatics (like me) who believe in the power and in the freedom of the cinematographic images.The subject is Brazil, the conflicts of a country that crossed a violent dictatorship at the time the movie was made. All the characters are representing groups of the brazilian society. Some of them, like the cangaceiros (poor and revolted people who became outlaws in the early 20th century), and the Saint (portrait of a blended religion that exists in Brazil, with elements of catholicism and african religions) are taken in a mythological approach. The delirious Glauber Rocha takes his characters to moral edges, leads them to crazy bang-bang scenes, to samba and war. There are no linear conclusions in the end. Only some new doubts and unusual beauty.
Reviewed by anithomas_d 9 / 10

a magician's creation

this is one of the most beautiful films that i have come across. The beautifully changing styles of narration to get to a complete absurd or a rather dream like experience at the end of the film makes it one of the most beautiful essay on form. a must watch for anyone who is interested in understanding how a narrative style can change in the process of a film. glauber rocha is like a magician who brings out the pigeon from nowhere and turns into a rabbit and makes it into a formation of a cloud. it is pure poetry.The characters for Rocha are pure ideas, the movements and kinesics , takes them out of the fences of realism to the level of an oral narrative or a mythical one for that matter. As the movie progresses it turns, it can be best said, to take up the form of a folk dance.it is a normal phenomena to notice the drop outs in the first quarter of the film,before the turn over starts. the wrong perception created by the experiences of the various films that had ruled our viewings.at the end i will like to say it is a sure treat for anyone interested in the grammar and language of cinema.
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