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Maurício do Valle is known for:

  • Entranced Earth
    Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
  • Black God, White Devil
    Set in the drought-plagued Brazilian badlands of the 1940s, Black God, White Devil explores the climate of superstition, physical and spiritual terrorism, and fear that gripped the country. The central characters, Manuel and Rosa, are on the run, and move credulously from allegiance to allegiance until they finally learn that the land belongs neither to god nor devil, but to the people themselves. The film’s storyline, somewhere between folk ballad and contemporary myth, contains a multitude of references to Brazilian history and culture.
  • Antonio das Mortes
    Mauricio do Valle reprises his role as Antonio das Mortes, the troubled hitman from Black God, White Devil. A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antonio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antonio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.

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Biography

Maurício de Miranda do Valle (Rio de Janeiro, March 1, 1928 — Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian actor. His career in national cinema was marked by his partnership with filmmaker Glauber Rocha, with whom he worked on the films Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1963), Terra em Transe (1966), O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro (1968) and The Age of the Earth (1980). His career was marked by playing villains, rustic and powerful types, acting in both dramas and comedies.