The Telescope of Time

The Telescope of Time

99 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 25, 2014

Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle.

The Telescope of Time

99 mins | Drama, Music | Sept. 25, 2014

The Telescope of Time
Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, the bandits, the cinema and the circus – the film is a universal drama, laden with unique poetry, where reality and the dreamworld mingle.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Focus Features
Original title A Luneta do Tempo
Directors Alceu Valença
Writers Alceu Valença

Cast

Irandhir Santos

as Lampião

Hermila Guedes

as Maria Bonita

Alceu Valença

as Palhaço Quiabo

Ari de Arimatéria

as Severo Filho

Ceceu Valença

as Nagib Mazola

Servílio de Holanda

as Antero Tenente

Ivair Rodrigues

as Severo Brilhante