Set in the 1940s, the narrative of the film is based on the reality of historical facts in North-East Brazil, in the region called Sertao, and in a style that Rocha defined as "the quest for a popular cinema, that of the Romanceiro, inherited from the Portuguese Middle Ages."

A film by Glauber ROCHA

Brazil, 1964, Black and white, 35 mm, 125' - Original version: Portuguese.

Photography: Waldemar Lima.
Sound : Aluizio Viana, Geraldo José, Rafael Valverde.
Editing : Rafael Valverde.

Casting :
Geraldo del Rey, Yonà Magalhaes, Mauricio de Valle, Othon Baston, Lidio Silva, Sonia dos Humildes, Marrom, Joao Gama, Antônio Pinto, and Monte Santo's inhabitants

Production : Copacabana films.
Distribution : Films sans frontières.