简介：Inthe16thCentury,inBrazil,thefounderofPindoramarealizesthatnobodyworksintheanarchicvillage.Whenthekingarrivesintown,thereisafightforpoweramongthegovernorandpoliticianswhilethealienatedpeoplecomposedofCaucasians,Blacks,andIndiansfollowtheirleaderswithoutanypoliticalawareness.ThisBrazilianfilmissetduringtheperiodofitsinitialcolonialdiscoveryandsettlement.Thetitlereferstoawordthenativepeoplesusedforthecoastallands:"pindorama,"or"placeofthesmalltrees."Aponderousandgrandiosefilm,itwasroundlybooedwhenitwasairedatthe1971CannesFilmFestival. In1970,theBraziliansocietylivedinadictatorshipandtheBraziliancinemawasunderthemovementcalled"CinemaNovo"("NewCinema"),influencedbytheItalianNeo-RealismandtheFrench"NouvelleVague".ThiscinemastyleopposedtothetraditionalclichésoftheindustryandhadtheconcerntoshowarealisticBrazil,withslums,misery,drought,hunger,insteadofthefairytalestoriesadoptedbyHollywood.ThegreatfilmmakerArnaldoJaborinthebeginningofcareermadehisfirstfeaturevisiblyinfluencedbyGlauberRocha,consideredbymanyasthebestBraziliandirectorever,andcertainlytryingtolurethecensorship.TheintentionistodescribetheoriginsoftheBraziliancontemporaryproblemsinafictionaltaleintheSixteenthCentury.…