Brazil, 1974
112m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
A Brazilian fantasy film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
Plot Summary
A blind guitarist entertains a band of thieves with the story of a man from the northeast of Brazil who fas famed for “closed body”, one impervious to bullets or knives. His invulnerability, the man claims, had been given to him by the Candomblé deity Ogum.
Credits
Crew
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Embrafilme, Regina Filmes
Producer: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Script: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Helio Silva, Jose Cavalcanti
Story: Francisco dos Santos
Assistant Directors: Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Tizuka Yamasaki
Directors of Photography: José Cavalcanti, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Hélio Silva
Editors: Severino Dadá, Paulo Pessoa
Music: Jards Macalé
Sound: Geraldo José, Albertino Nogueira da Fonseca
Costume Designer: Luiz Carlos Lacerda De Freitas
Special Effects: Célio Coutinho
Cast
Ney Santanna (Gabriel)
Anecy Rocha (Eneida)
Jofre Soares
Maria Ribeiro
Emmanuel Cavalcanti
Jards Macalé
Erley José
Francisco Santos
José Marinho
Antônio Carlos de Souza Pereira
Ilya São Paulo
Waldir Onofre
Clóvis Scarpino
Olney São Paulo
Flávio São Thiago
Alternative Titles
The Amulet of Ogum
Das Amulett – Germany
Links
Extracts included in
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
References
Books
- The BFI Companion to Crime by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.33 – credits, review
