A Queda

★★★★★

Original title: The Fall

1978 · 2 h

Directed by Ruy Guerra

Drama

Watch trailer

Cast

Nelson Xavier Leonidas Bayer Carlos Alberto Baía Hugo Carvana Murilo de Lima Jurandir de Oliveira

Plot

A film about construction workers in Brazil.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ruy Guerra's drama follows construction workers in Brazil as an accident reveals exploitation and class tension. Raw, political and formally bold, it is an angry, ambitious Cinema Novo film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (177 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

If you liked this

Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.

• Os Fuzis 1964 · Ruy Guerra · IMDb 7.6 · Same director
• Entranced Earth 1967 · Glauber Rocha · IMDb 7.3 · Same movement
• Kiss of the Spider Woman 1985 · Héctor Babenco · IMDb 7.3 · Same movement
• The Lion Has Seven Heads 1970 · Glauber Rocha · IMDb 6.3 · Same movement
• The Amulet of Ogum 1974 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos · IMDb 6.8 · Same movement
• The Place Without Limits 1978 · Arturo Ripstein · IMDb 7.5 · Same movement