Cabra Marcado Para Morrer (1985)

Director:

Eduardo Coutinho

Writer:

Eduardo Coutinho (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup...

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Eduardo Coutinho	...	Himself
Ferreira Gullar	...	Portuguese Narration
Tite de Lemos	...	Portuguese Narrator

Also Known As:

Twenty Years Later (International: English title)

Runtime:

UK:119 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Eduardo Coutinho Produções Cinematográficas

The Neverending Brazilian Story

In 1962, in the country city of Sapé, Paraíba, the peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira is executed by those affected by his attempt of organizing the explored men of the field. In 1964, the CPC of UNE (a group of the students) and the Movimento de Cultura Popular de Pernambuco decide to make a movie about the life and death of João Pedro. On 26 February 1964, begins the shootings in Engenho Galiléa, Pernambuco, with the wife of João Pedro, Elizabeth Teixeira, performing the role of herself. Thirty-five days later, on April 1st 1964 – the day of the military coup-d'état and beginning of the military dictatorship, the location is invaded by the Brazilian Army, searching for subversives and Cubans and arresting the local leaders and crew-members. Seventeen years later, director Eduardo Coutinho returns to the location, and interview the survivors, looking for the members of Teixeira's family, shattered by the former regime.

"Cabra Marcado Para Morrer"is an amazing awarded Brazilian documentary, with impressive testimony of a political period of the shadows of our contemporary history. Although living presently in a democracy, it is sad to see that the same problems in the field remains unchangeable in the present days, or maybe worse than in those period. Even with a president former worker originated from the lower classes, the problem in the country remains unresolved. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Cabra Marcado Para Morrer" ("Dude Marked to Die")