Principal cast
Eduardo Coutinho as Himself, Elizabeth Teixeira as Herself, Ferreira Gullar as Narrator, Tite de Lemos as Narrator, and Eduardo Escorel as Himself
About the film
Twenty Years Later at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1984 film at stop 227 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it in 1981, looking for the same places and people, showing what had ocurred since then, and trying to gather a family whose patriarch, a political leader fighting for rights of country people, had been murdered.
Key craft credits
Edgar Moura (director of photography), Fernando Duarte (director of photography), and Eduardo Escorel (editor)
- Director
- Eduardo Coutinho
- Release
- 1984-12-03
- Runtime
- 119 minutes
- Genres
- Documentary and History
- Country
- Brazil
- Quiz
- 30 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 30 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
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