Born in Brazil in 1939 and died in 1981 at the age of forty-two, Rocha was the leading figure of Cinema Novo. His films mix politics, myth, religion and music from Brazil's backlands, and he argued for an aesthetic of hunger that turned poverty into a style.
Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)
- 1967 · Locarno Film Festival: Best Film (Golden Leopard) — Entranced Earth
- 1969 · Cannes Film Festival: Best Director (Cannes Best Director Award) — Antonio das Mortes
Filmography
- O Pátio 1959 · IMDb 5.8
- Barravento 1962 · IMDb 7.1
- Black God, White Devil 1964 · IMDb 7.1 · 6,468 votes
- Maranhão 66 1966 · IMDb 7.4
- Entranced Earth 1967 · IMDb 7.3 · 4,076 votes
- Antonio das Mortes 1969 · IMDb 7.0 · 2,662 votes
- Cabezas Cortadas 1970 · IMDb 5.8
- The Lion Has Seven Heads 1970 · IMDb 6.3
- Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber 1977 · IMDb 7.0
- The Age of the Earth 1980 · IMDb 6.5