The Boy and the Wind (Christensen, 1967): Barbican Cinema, 6.20pm
This 35mm screening is part of the Queer 60s season at the Barbican. Details here.
Barbican Cinema introduction:
A
boy disappears in a rural Brazilian community and all fingers point
to a stranger in town in Carlos Hugo Christensen’s extraordinary
magical realist drama. To the horror of the locals of a small rural
Brazilian community, handsome engineer Jose (Ênio
Gonçalves), an accused child
murderer, is back in town and on trial following the disappearance of
teenager Zeca (Luiz Fernando
Ianelli). As homophobic lies and
accusations fly, we gradually learn more about the man and the boy,
and the latter’s extraordinary connection to the strong winds that
blow through the town. A plot synopsis of The
Boy and the Wind cannot do justice to
what follows, with incredible set pieces and an appropriately
dramatic conclusion. The film remains an outstanding, magical realist
depiction of queerness that still fascinates today.
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