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THEME EXPLORATION

Brazilian intellectual history

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Master of Apipucos
The Master of Apipucos
1959 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Die Patriotin
Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
1964 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016 · Lav Diaz
The Book of Fish
The Book of Fish
2021 · Lee Joon-ik
Gdansk
Gdansk
2017 · Neill Blomkamp
My Night at Maud's
My Night at Maud's
1969 · Éric Rohmer
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Wes Anderson
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Marco Ferreri
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Giovanna d’Arco
Giovanna d’Arco
1989 · Werner Herzog
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Glauber Rocha → Brazil

Pioneer of Cinema Novo who used experimental cinema to explore Brazil's colonial history, intellectualism, and political consciousness through works like 'Black God, White Devil.'

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