The Demiurge (1972)

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A fable-musical-philosophical-chanchada", Mautner says. He also affirms that the work focuses a lot on the longing for Brazil, on the will that the exiled had to return to their homeland. The idea came from conversations between the musician and his old father, "always talking about the pre-Socratics", he recalls. Glauber Rocha states that "The Demiurge" is the best film "of" and "about" exile.

Released

1972-01-01

Genres

Fantasy

Runtime

77 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jorge Mautner

TMDB rating

6.0/10 from 4 votes