Macunaíma (film)

Macunaíma (film)

Infobox Film
name = Macunaíma


image_size =
caption = Original film poster
director = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
producer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
writer = Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
narrator =
starring = Paulo José
Grande Otelo
Dina Sfat
Jardel Filho
music =
cinematography = Guido Cosulich
editing = Eduardo Escorel
distributor = New Line Cinema
released = 1969
runtime = 110 minutes
country = Brazil
language = Portuguese
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:141048
imdb_id = 0064616

"Macunaíma" is a 1969 Brazilian comedy film produced by Filmes do Serro and directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. It was released in a dubbed version for American audiences in 1972 by New Line Cinema. On June 13 and July 12, 2005, European and Latin American syndicates of the TV5 network aired the film in its original Portuguese with French subtitles.

Plot

Based on the 1928 book by Mário de Andrade, the modern-day parable follows the misadventures of a black man who is miraculously born to an old woman, who is supposed to be of the indigenous peoples of Brasil, in the jungles of the Amazon. Though born fully-grown, he has the heart of a playful child. After the death of his mother, he comes face to face with a spring that turns him white. With that change, he and his two brothers move to Rio de Janeiro, but are interrogated by street terrorists upon their arrival.

Then, thanks to an affair with a white lady, guerrilla killer Ci, the film's hero fathers a black boy with her. When both mother and child die, he embarks on a quest to recover a magical stone from a rich city dweller. In this film, the essentialist myth of the 3 Brazilian races, white,black, and the original natives of Brazil, is supposed to be represented through the protagonist, his brothers, and his mother.

Throughout his adventures, Macunaíma learns some tough lessons about Brazilian life and society. Macunaima functions as an allegorical representation of the turmoil of the Brazilian military coup that had ensued.

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