Iracema, Uma Transa Amazônica

Name: Iracema, Uma Transa Amazônica
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-06-02
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.20
Cast: Elma Martins, Lúcio Dos Santos, Edna de Cássia, Paulo César Peréio

– A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebra..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.20 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 30 Minutes

Release Year:

1975

A girl from the countryside goes to the city of Belém to take part in the Círio de Nazaré celebrations. Led to prostitution, she wishes to move to the wealthiest Southeast region of Brazil. In a dance club, she meets a truck driver that transports wood. Dreaming with the big city, she asks for a ride, and the two begin a journey through the Trans-Amazon road. In tension with the Brazilian military authorities of the time, the film registers several aspects of the Amazon social tragedy – forest fires, slave work and child prostitution. Awarded in several international festivals, the film was forbidden by the Brazilian censorship. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.

Styles:

Road Movie

Producing Country:

Brazil, West Germany, France

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

02 Jun 1976

Language:

Portuguese

MPAA Content-Rating:

NOT RATED

Directed by:

Orlando Senna, Jorge Bodanzky

Story Written By:

Orlando Senna, Hermanno Penna, Jorge Bodanzky

Main Actors:

Elma Martins, Lúcio Dos Santos, Edna de Cássia, Paulo César Peréio

Plot:

Truck driver travelling along the Transamazonic Road, a huge highway in Brazil that crosses the Amazon forest, meets a prostitute and slowly becomes aware of the problems in that region.

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Production Company:

Independent Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.2/10

#Deforestation

#Amazon

#Ecology

#Forest

#Truck Driver