YeezyWins t1_jdzrzvp wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:56 AM

City of God (Brazil), but it became very famous all over the world.

O Auto da Compadecida is just as famous here, but not so much on other countries, i think.

TraverseTown t1_je1dk9l wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:32 PM

I'm an American who just watched O Auto da Compadecida for the first time last month. I'd really like someone to explain it's cultural significance in Brazil to me, I've yet to find anything I've been able to really understand from my limited viewpoint.

YeezyWins t1_je6p10s wrote on March 29, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Oh boy, that's a tough question to answer my man.

But it's a adaptation of a theatrical piece by Ariano Suassuna.

In the words of Suassuna himself, the character João Grilo (the short one) "fights against the rural patriarchy, the urban bourgeoisie, the police, the bandits, and even the devil".

It has a lot of religious elements and typical mannerisms of people from the northeast region of the country. It's a very good movie, i couldn't touch all his points here with my limited english.