The Turning Wind(Barravento)
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Brazil · 1962
1h 18m
Director Glauber Rocha
Starring Antônio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira
Genre Drama
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In the State of Bahia, Brazil, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
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