Film

Santo and Jesus, Metalworkers

1983 · 57m · Documentary

From its very title, Cláudio Kahns and Antônio Paulo Ferraz's Santo e Jesus, Metalúrgicos is crystal clear about where it stands and about its messianic flair. Through a wordplay with the religious connotation of the names of the two men, murdered during the worker strikes of the late 1970s in São Paulo, it associates sainthood and Christ himself with the working class. That association is reaffirmed throughout the film, from the very beginning, including by a priest. The martyrdom of metalworkers Nelson Pereira de Jesus and Santo Dias da Silva is the starting point to denounce the working conditions faced by factory workers, and the repression which ensues whenever they try to resist them. However, the film also presents us with the 'official' version of the facts, going so far as to feature interviews with the man who killed Nelson. Obviously, it sides with the workers, as it conveys the strength of the oppressed and the impudence of the oppressors.

• Antonio Paulo FerrazDirector
• Cláudio KahnsProducer · Director
• Hélio FerrazProducer
• Adrian CooperEditor · Director of Photography
• Zetas MalzoniDirector of Photography
• Pedro FarkasDirector of Photography
• Danilo TadeuEditor

Release date

April 2, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

57m

Genres

Documentary