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Young Luzia sets off from the poor northeast of Brazil to Rio de Janeiro to find her fiancé Jasão and thereby a better life with him. Lost in the unfamiliar metropolis, she accepts help from the carefree Calunga, unbroken by life, who becomes a witness to the dramatic story of the two lovers. Unlike his friends, who come from the same disadvantaged circumstances, Jasão is determined to seek revenge with a gun in hand against the injustices and inequalities of contemporary Brazil. /// The opening short sequence, combining elements of cinéma-vérité and the typical Brazilian exuberance of the indirect narrator Calunga, prepares the audience for the expectation of a socially critical and intellectually deeper cinema-novo, partially reflected in the postmodern ironic long subtitle ("As Aventuras e Desventuras de Luzia e Seus 3 Amigos Chegados de Longe") literally meaning "The Tales and Sorrows of Luzia and Her 3 Friends from afar." However, there is no Glauber Rocha. Nevertheless, the film firmly stands in line with the progressive current of Brazilian cinema at the time. Gradually, it transforms into a more melodramatic, Italian-style edited socially poetic novel that does not alienate or document but rather tries (not always successfully) to captivate the viewer. The possibility of an ambiguous interpretation of the final message of the protagonists' destiny saves the overall tone of the film from becoming a guide for the viewer on how to draw lessons regarding their own active stance towards the reality outside the film after the screening.
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