A Ordem dos Penitentes

Directed by Petrus Cariry
2002    17mDocumentary, Short
8.6
Aspects of popular religion inherited from the European Middle Ages is revealed by the narrative of the Master Joaquim Mulato, 81 years. The rituals and penance appeared as a way to tame the desires of the flesh and the fantasies of the mind. In northeastern Brazil, the Order came about in 1860, a time of famine and pestilence.

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