Image and allegory in Sylvio Back’s cinema: Ana’s case

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-9126.2014v8n14p10

Keywords:

Cinematographic image, Sylvio Back, Allegory

Abstract

This paper discusses allegorical meanings of cinematic image. The object of analysis is the movie. A Guerra dos Pelados (Sylvio Back, 1971). It is a historical film about the Contestado War. Its subject is the peasants’ resistance. They were expelled from their land and resist the oppression of farmers and industrial owners in the region. In the movie’s narrative, we analyze the symbolic meaning of the character Ana, a young peasant woman. The image of Ana is a possible key for interpreting the movie. The different stages of the plot are related to the stages in her life. The director’s choice to demarcate the movie stages from transformations in a woman’s image is a rhetorical option. He uses this image as an allegory that expresses multiple meanings

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Author Biography

Rosane Kaminski, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

PhD in History from the Universidade Federal do Paraná and Master in Technology from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

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Published

2014-07-18

How to Cite

Kaminski, R. (2014). Image and allegory in Sylvio Back’s cinema: Ana’s case. Domínios Da Imagem, 8(14), 10–25. https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-9126.2014v8n14p10