Barranvento

Alternative title: Tempest, The
Synopsis: Feature film. loosely based on The Tempest directed by Glauber Rocha. Concerns the efforts of Firmino, part revolutionary, part devil, to free the fishermen in his native Bahian village from capitalist exploitation and the religious superstition that prevents social change.
Language: Portuguese (Brazil)
Country: Brazil
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1961
Availability: No archive copy known (10/2008).
Notes: Source: World Shakespeare Bibliography (ccv141)
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)