Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil)

Brazil 1964, b/w, 119 min, German subtitles

This story is driven by murders, the struggle to survive and religious fanaticism. Cattle-drover Manuel and his wife, Rosa, are looking for a better life. In the process, they encounter a prophet – a killer – and find themselves drawn inexorably into a spiral of violence. Sertao, the dry and dusty poor area in north-eastern Brazil, provides a breathtaking backdrop to the action. Glauber Rocha’s hallucinatory combination of revolutionary cinema iconography and delirious acting.