The Turning Wind
1962 · 78 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 890 VOTES · DIR. Glauber Rocha
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.
00:32:55 Nobody sees my suffering
00:36:25 You're not going anywhere. The master gives the orders.
00:38:48 When I came from the dry lands, I thought it would be better here.
00:40:06 One day, he decided to go look for fish...
00:41:27 You ended up being his and the entity's.
00:43:19 I belong to the sea I belong to the sea
00:46:04 Isabel was your mother. Nobody here liked her...
00:48:21 - Any woman who touches him dies. - That's a lie!
01:00:41 What about my father?
01:03:33 The master is a slave!
01:12:44 Firmino is no good, but he's right.
01:17:03 Nobody will starve to death
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed532
Dialogue density6.8 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:17:03
Production Record
DirectorGlauber Rocha
LanguagePortuguese
IMDb votes890