Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later Portuguese Cabra Marcado para Morrer is a 1984 Brazilian documentary film directed by Eduardo Coutinho. One of the most known films by Coutinho, it started to be produced in 1964. However, due to the theme it dealt part of crew and cast were arrested and the police tried to take their footage. In 1984, Coutinho concluded the story of Joo Pedro Teixeira, a leader of the Peasant leagues from Paraba, murdered by local landowners order in 1962. Upon its release, it gained a cult following as well as received awards at film festivals and praise by film critics.

In 1962, Coutinho, replacing a cameraman of Centro Popular de Cultura CPC, shot a protest over the death of Teixeira in Paraba and met for the first time Elizabeth, Teixeiras widow. When he returned to Rio de Janeiro, he received the proposal of directing a film for CPC. Initially he wanted to adapt the Joo Cabral de Melo Netos poems Co sem plumas, O rio and Vida e morte Severina but after the refusal of the poet he decided to film the life of Texeira. In 1963, he went to Paraba and Pernambuco and within three days he wrote a screenplay based on Mrs. Teixeiras accounts.Coutinho started to shot the film in 1964, and to be more authentic, he cast Mrs. Teixeira as herself, and other farmers in the other roles. He wanted to film in Sap but because of local conflicts he moved the filming location to Vitria de Santo Anto, Pernambuco. However, afterdays, and with aboutpercent of the film complete, the Brazilian military dictatorship arrested some members of cast and crew for being politically dangerous. The government tried to confiscate its footage, but Coutinho was able to keep it. ........

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