Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. Interviews with people in the street disclose their fears, aspirations and political alienation.
Dios y el diablo en la tierra del sol (Deus e o diabo na terra do Sol), el segundo largometraje de Rocha, pertenece a este movimiento renovador del cine brasilero que influirá por años en otros autores latinoamericanos. Inspirado en la "Estética de la violencia", apela al signo que, según Rocha, caracteriza a su pueblo, el hambre, que a la vez es su originalidad, pues el hambre convoca a una violencia transformadora que se convierte en acto revolucionario, donde el colonizador llega a tomar conciencia de la existencia del colonizado.
The boss of Gilberto, an exemplary employee, wants to marry him with his daughter, Elisabeth. But her cousin, an unattractive girl, appears to meet him. Gilberto, who leads a hectic life, knows Betty, independent girl by whom one falls in love. In the end, she discovers that she is the boss's daughter.
