Resumen de Sagrado, profano, erótico
The founding fathers of Brazilian cultural images tended to privilege sexual and racial intercourse over official catholic religion. From neo-realism to Cinema Novo, religion was often seen as a sign of popular alienation. Glauber Rocha went beyond this to reveal the tragic dimension of religious and political dilemmas. Other features opposed sexual liberation and religion. But since the seventies, film-makers have integrated spiritual and religious dimensions within their dramatic structures. In a certain sense, the old conflict betweeen sexuality and religion flows into a parallel existence abstract of both terms.
