He is famous for his film trilogy , made up of '' Black God , White Devil '' ( 1964 ) - perhaps his most acclaimed movie , nominated for the Golden Palm - '' Entranced Earth '' ( 1967 ) and '' Antonio das Mortes '' ( 1969 ) , award-winning for Best Director at Cannes . His films were renowned for their strongly-expressed political themes , often combined with mysticism and folklore , but also for their particular style and photography . Rocha is regarded as one of the best Brazilian directors of all time and leader of the Cinema Novo movement , as well as a full-time polemicist . He once said " I am the Cinema Novo " , paraphrasing Louis XIV 's famous quote . In an interview with '' Le Monde '' , Rocha said " My Brazilian films belong to a whole period when my generation was full of wild dreams and hopes . They are full of enthusiasm , faith and militancy and were inspired by my great love of Brazil . " In 1969 he was a member of the jury at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival . In the following year , Rocha made a brief appearance in the Dziga Vertov Group film '' Wind from the East '' . After refusing an invitation by Jean-Luc Godard to shoot a segment of the film , Rocha appeared as a man in a crossway pointing the direction of the political cinema , namely , the Cinema Novo . In 1971 , during the Brazilian military dictatorial regime , he left the country to a voluntary exile , dwelling in many places , such as Spain , Chile and on the Portuguese Riviera . He never completely returned home until his last days , when he was transferred from Lisbon , where he had been receiving medical treatment for a lung infection , to Rio de Janeiro . Rocha resisted in hospital for few days , but ultimately died on August 22 , 1981 , at the age of 42 . He had been married three times and had five children
6th Moscow International Film Festival
6th Moscow International Film Festival
Glauber Rocha