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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.[2]

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)[1] 9 March 1966 (1966-03-09)[2]
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

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.[1] It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

References

External links

• The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga at IMDb

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