Iracema
Overview
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 Brazilian censors. It was only released years later, winning the Brasília Film Festival in 1981.
Release date
02/06/1976
Votes
31
Popularity
0.7
Edna de Cássia
Iracema
Paulo César Peréio
Tião
Conceição Senna
Teresa
Rose Rodrigues
Fernando Neves
Sidnei Piñon
Natal
Elma Martins
Wilmar Nunes
Lúcio dos Santos
Orlando Senna
Pilot (uncredited)
Margarida Alves Gouveia
Iracema's Mother (uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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Another Father
The Straight Story
Her Way
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
The Wizard
Lakshmi
Prisoners of the Amazon Jungle
Transamerica
Everything Is Thunder
Easy Rider
Central Station
Lo dejo cuando quiera
The Children of Fierro
Morte e Vida Severina
My Own Private Idaho
Stranger Than Paradise
Monster
Thelma & Louise
Greed