
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposit in the dry backlands. While the alienation and insanity of people driven to hallucination by their latent hunger is conducted by the predictions of a religious figure, a truck driver observes the situation and remains torn between his friendship with the soldiers and his revolt against the lack of government action in fighting the misery that lingers over the region.

Átila Iório
Gaúcho

Nelson Xavier
Mário

Maria Gladys
Luísa
Leonidas Bayer
Sargento

Ivan Cândido
301

Paulo César Peréio
Pedro

Hugo Carvana
José
Mauricio Loyola
Religious Man

Ruy Polanah
Bar owner

Joel Barcellos
Man with dead child

Antônio Pitanga
Voice

Cecil Thiré

Barren Lives
Barren Lives

Black God, White Devil
Black God, White Devil

Entranced Earth
Entranced Earth

Boi de Prata
Boi de Prata

Lamento
Lamento

The Big City
The Big City

Soluços em Português
Soluços em Português

Antonio das Mortes
Antonio das Mortes

Macunaima
Macunaima

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

The Ridiculous
The Ridiculous

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro