In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association published a list with the 100 best Brazilian films ever according to the votes of its members. This poll was the basis for a book named The 100 Best Bra
Cover of the book The 100 Best Brazilian Films, released by Abraccine in 2016
When the first list was released, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade had four films on it. After a recount, his Conjugal Warfare and Hugo Carvana's Bar Esperanza (1983), tied in the last position, were replaced by The Clown (2011), directed by Selton Mello (pictured).
Limite scene, by Peixoto
Anna Muylaert cropped
Black God, White Devil
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Black God, White Devil is a 1964 Brazilian Revisionist Western film directed and written by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and Geraldo Del Rey.
Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films
…films placed high and seven were in the top 10. From the 1960s, there was a constant presence of Cinema Novo films, which were three—Glauber Rocha's Black God, White Devil (1964) and Entranced Earth (1967), and Nelson Pereira dos Santos' Barren Lives (1963)—of the top 5. Glauber Rocha's 2 films ranked the 2nd and 5th…
Theatrical release poster