When the Gods Fall Asleep

Infobox Film
name = When The Gods Fall Asleep


caption = Original film poster
director = José Mojica Marins
producer = Nelson Teixeira Mendes
writer = Jose Mojica Marins
Rubens Francisco Luchetti
starring = José Mojica Marins
music = Kelpson Correa
Leonardo Maluf
cinematography = Edward Freund
editing = Jovita Pereira Dias
distributor =
released = November 27, 1972
runtime = 82 min
country = BRA
language = Portuguese
budget =
preceded_by = "The End of Man"
followed_by =
website = http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/cinema/13_quando_os_deuses.htm
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0067640

"When The Gods Fall Asleep" (original title "Quando os Deuses Adormecem") is a 1972 Brazilian film by Brazilian film director José Mojica Marins. Marins is best known for the "Zé do Caixão" (Coffin Joe) film series.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067640/ |title="Quando os Deuses Adormecem"|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2008-09-17] Rather than the horror themes which Marins was noted for, the film, like its predecessor, is low budget black humored social satire.

The film is a sequel to Marins' 1971 film "The End of Man" ("Finis Hominis"), in which the character of Finis Hominis, an influential, messianic culture figure who turns out to be an escaped mental patient.

In this film, Finis Hominis (after returning to the asylum) again feels the need to escape the asylum in order to put right the world's increasing social unrest that he sees in the news.

Plot

Finis Hominis is a mental patient who is kept in an insane asylum, and is known for his occasional escapes from the institution, including the most recent episode during which Finis Hominis became a powerful world figure during the few days of his escape.

Again hospitalized, he sees in the news increasing social, religious, and political unrest in the world, and again feels the need to escape the institution to put order in the streets. He wanders through society, influencing and interfering in isolated incidents, correcting wrongs and exposing corruption primarily in a strictly accidental or coincedental manner.

There is also a parallel sub-plot regarding the impending closure of the asylum due to the cessation of funding from an anonymous benefactor.

Cast

*José Mojica Marins
*Andréa Bryan
*Rosalvo Caçador
*Maria Cristina
*Nivaldo de Lima
*Sabrina Marquezine
*Palito
*Amires Paranhos
*Walter C. Portella
*Araken Saldanha (as the voice of José Mojica Marins)
*Roney Wanderney

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0067640|title=Quando os Deuces Adormicem
*imdb name|id=0596261|name=José Mojica Marins
* [http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/cinema/13_quando_os_deuses.htm Quando os Deuces Adormicem] at [http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/index.htm Official Coffin Joe website] pt icon