Iracema : uma transa amazônica / direção, Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna ; roteiro, Orlando Senna ; direção de produção, Wolf Gauer ; produção, Stop Films.

In contrast to the government's official propaganda, this film documents the social problems and deforestation of the Amazon Region during the Brazilian dictatorship. Documents the lives of a young prostitute in the Amazonas, Iracema, and a truck driver, Tião, who travel the Amazon area through the...

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Corporate Authors: VideoFilmes (Firm)
Stop Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Bodanzky, Jorge
Senna, Orlando
Gauer, Wolf
Cassia, Edna de
Pereio, Paulo César, 1940-
Language:Portuguese
English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Dialogue in Portuguese ; optional English and Spanish subtitles.
Published: Brazil : VideoFilmes, [2006]
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Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
In contrast to the government's official propaganda, this film documents the social problems and deforestation of the Amazon Region during the Brazilian dictatorship. Documents the lives of a young prostitute in the Amazonas, Iracema, and a truck driver, Tião, who travel the Amazon area through the Transamazonic Road.
Note:Made in year: 1974.
Special features: Commentaries by Jorge Bodanzky, Eduardo Escorel e João Moreira Salles ; photo gallery ; directors' filmography ; awards.
Videorecording.
Call Number:HN290.A45 I835 2006 VideoDVD
Awards:Cannes Film Festival 1976 -- "Rencontre Film et Jeunesse", Special Award, 1976.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC ; Region All ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Cast:
Edna de Cássia, Paulo César Pereio... [et al.].