The Turning Wind

Name: The Turning Wind
Director: Glauber Rocha
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-05-28
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Antônio Pitanga, Luiza Maranhão, Lucy de Carvalho, Aldo Teixeira, Lídio Silva

1962

1h 18m

Drama

Director: Glauber Rocha

Writers: Luiz Paulino dos Santos, Glauber Rocha

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Overview

In Bahia, 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.