The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga

1965 film

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roberto Santos
Written by	Roberto Santos
Based on	"A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga" by João Guimarães Rosa
Produced by	Luis Carlos Barreto
Starring	Leonardo Villar Joffre Soares Maria Ribeiro Maurício do Valle
Cinematography	Hélio Silva
Edited by	Silvio Renoldi
Music by	Geraldo Vandré
Production company	Luis Carlos Barreto Produções
Distributed by	Difilm Embrafilme Polifilmes
Release dates	1965 (1965) (Festival de Brasília) 9 March 1966 (1966-03-09)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (Portuguese: A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga) is a 1965 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Roberto Santos, based on the short story of the same name by João Guimarães Rosa.

Cast

Leonardo Villar as Augusto Matraga
Joffre Soares as Joaozinho Bem Bem
Maria Ribeiro as Dionorá
Maurício do Valle as Priest
Flávio Migliaccio as Quim Recadeiro
Solano Trindade
Antonio Carnera as Major Consilvo
Ivan De Souza as Jurumim
Emmanuel Cavalcanti as João Lomba

Reception

The film won the Best Film Award and Leonardo Villar won the Best Actor Award at the 1st Festival de Brasília. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.

References

^ "Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro - Os Vencedores do Festival" (in Portuguese). Secretaria de Estado de Cultura. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
"Festival de Cannes: The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 7 March 2009.

External links

The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga at IMDb

v t e Candango Award for Best Feature Film
1965—1969	Memória de Helena (1969) The Red Light Bandit (1968) Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva e Tráz (1967) Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966) The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965)
1970—1979	Of Gods and the Undead (1970) A Casa Assassinada (1971) Guerra Conjugal (1975) Xica (1976) Tenda dos Milagres (1977) Tudo Bem (1978) Muito Prazer (1979)
1980—1989	Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica (1980) O Homem do Pau-Brasil (1981) Tabu (1982) O Mágico e o Delegado (1983) Nunca Fomos tão Felizes (1984) Hour of the Star (1985) A Cor do Seu Destino (1986) Night Angels (1987) Memória Viva/O Mentiroso (1988) Que Bom Te Ver Viva (1989)
1990—1999	Beijo 2348/72 (1990) O Corpo (1991) A Maldição do Sanpaku (1992) Alma Corsária (1993) Louco por Cinema (1994) The Jew (1995) Perfumed Ball (1996) Miramar/Anahy de las Misiones (1997) Love and Co (1998) Santo Forte (1999)
2000—2009	Brainstorm (2000) To the Left of the Father/Samba Riachão (2001) Mango Yellow (2002) Filme de Amor (2003) Peões (2004) Eu me Lembro (2005) Baixio das Bestas (2006) Cleópatra (2007) FilmeFobia (2008) É Proibido Fumar (2009)
2010—present	O Céu Sobre os Ombros (2010) Hoje (2011) Otto / They'll Come Back / Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica (2012) Exilados do Vulcão / O Mestre e o Divino (2013) Branco Sai, Preto Fica (2014) Big Jato (2015) A cidade onde envelheço (2016) Araby (2017) Long Way Home (2018)
There was no award in 1972, 1973, 1974.

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