The Lion Has Seven Heads
A white-robed preacher wanders and sermonizes across African lands; European communists and CIA spies conspire out of mutual self-interest to engineer the appointment of an African bourgeois to a puppet government presidency; and a revolutionary group marches in exile.
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| Original Title | Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças |
| Year | 1971 |
| Country | Brazil, France, Italy |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Glauber Rocha |
| Runtime | 103 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.9/10 (28 votes) |
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Glauber Rocha constructs the film as a furious, almost manifesto-like pamphlet, relying on a language of metaphor and overt theatricality. It explores the mechanisms of neocolonialism, where ideologies are merely tools for some and dead ends for others.
What lingers after viewing is not a conventional story, but an explosive mix of documentary aesthetics, circus, and political poster art, leaving behind a bitter aftertaste of ironic prophecy. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Glauber Rocha
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Watch attentively as an arthouse manifesto, ideally followed by a discussion on post-colonial theory.
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