

Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica
A raw showing of the Transamazonic Road
June 2, 1976
1h 36m
PT
Jorge Bodanzky
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.

Edna de Cássia
Iracema

Paulo César Peréio
Tião

Conceição Senna
Teresa


Hermano Penna, Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna
30

Rose Rodrigues
Cast

Fernando Neves
Cast

Sidnei Piñon
Cast

Natal
Cast

Elma Martins
Cast

Wilmar Nunes
Cast

Lúcio dos Santos
Cast

ZDF
DE
Stopfilm
BR