The Turning Wind

1962 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 890 VOTES · DIR. Glauber Rocha

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Overview

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.

Dialogue Timeline — 532 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 On the coast of Bahia, live the cavalla-fishing black men...
00:06:43 Forget him, guys. Firmino has the good life now.
00:08:27 Hey, I just got here, ma'am
00:10:35 It's all separated. 400 for the boss...
00:11:59 I'll go look for Seu Vicente. A storm might be coming.
00:13:09 Hello Bahia
00:14:03 But if you want to read, spell it
00:16:13 Where's Salome, Adam?
00:19:01 Never mind, Cota. You wouldn't understand.
00:25:26 I paid my respects to my patron entity.
00:26:37 Right, but we're the ones pulling the net.
00:31:32 My situation with the police is very complicated.
00:32:53 You cut the net, and tragedy is going to happen.
00:36:21 I can scare those soldiers and their rifles away.
00:38:44 They only know how to fish, and there's no one to protect them.
00:40:02 and Joaquim got desperate, he didn't know what to do.
00:41:24 He was always so afraid to get married.
00:43:15 I belong to the deep blue sea
00:46:01 There it is
00:48:19 You're going to end Aruan's spell.
01:00:08 Chico's dead!
01:03:29 You have to follow Aruan, not the master!
01:12:42 I'll go work in the city so we can have our own net.
01:16:55 Ehê Barravento olelê

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed532
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:16:55

Production Record

DirectorGlauber Rocha
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes890