Selected Film
"The Sound of God" is the continuation of the research and cinematic language of Frederico Machado, one of the most important authors of Brazilian cinema in recent times, selected and awarded at various festivals such as the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Kitzbuhel IFF, Cartagena Film Festival, Huesca IFF, Rio Film Festival, Durban IFF, São Paulo International Film Festival, and many others. "The Sound of God" is a story of revenge and redemption, of cowardice and courage, set in a remote and inhospitable region. Described as an existential Western, the film pays homage to the Westerns of Sergio Leone and also the Italian ones of the 1960s, but it features a modern-day language, focusing on the auteurist and psychological cinema of Polish cinema and filmmakers such as Bela Tarr and Andrei Tarkovsky. It also draws references from the cinema of David Lynch, for its presentation of a timeless and subjective world, and Glauber Rocha and his political, social, and allegorical cinema. "The Sound of God" is a feminist and human story about human suffering and a country in search of a society. "The Sound of God" is an existential and psychological Western that tells the story of a gunslinger, a silent drifter who returns to his hometown seeking revenge. As a child, he witnessed his parents being murdered by a landowner.
Duration: 01:28:30
Country of Origin: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Director(s): Frederico da Cruz Machado
Writer(s): Frederico da Cruz Machado
Producer(s): Frederico da Cruz Machado
Key Cast: Áurea Maranhão, Vinicius Bustani, Buda Lira, Bruno Goya, Auro Juricie, Walter Sa, Zezita Matos
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