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Iracema

Iracema

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 14, 1975

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama

User Score

76%

Original Title

Iracema - Uma Transa Amazônica

Production Companies

Stop Film, ZDF, Embrafilme

Director

Jorge Bodanzky

Description

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.