Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (1932–1988, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a prize-winning writer-director said to be the filmmaker who best identified the contradictions of Brazilian reality and transposed the soul of his nation onto the big screen. His daring work deconstructs his country's complicated racial ideology into a multicoloured spectrum. His oeuvre ranges from documentary to allegorical fiction, and his humorous yet biting films incorporate critical realism, sarcasm, satire and wild comedy. Macunaíma (1969) was the biggest box office success of its time and is now considered to be one of the masterworks of Cinema Novo. His feature-length films include Garrincha, Joy of the People (Garrincha, alegria do Povo, 1963), The Priest and the Girl (Padre e a moca, 1965), The Conspirators (Inconfidentes, 1972), Conjugal Warfare (Guerra conjugal, 1975) and The Brazilwood Man (Homem do Pau Brasil, 1981).
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