"(...) as crenças e manifestações religiosas do nordeste brasileiro. Estória de D. Sebastião, Rei de Portugal, contada através do samba-enredo Guerra do Divino, puxado pela Escola de Samba Luis Imperial, no Carnaval carioca de 1979. Segundo o enredo, D. Sebastião, morto na batalha contra os mouros em 1578, 'ressuscita' no sertão nordestino na figura lendária do beato Antonio Conselheiro." (Embrafilme/Catálogo 1986)
Director
A hand-painted musical film, it was the first experience with animation cinema by the artist and illustrator Jô Oliveira, at the time a member of the Fotograma group, an organization that brought together the work of several artists and promoted animation cinema in Brazil.
