i be hardly aware of the time in history depict in this 1971 brazilian black comedy and however that be not to say it wasn not accessible to me because the movie make it very clear . it set in 16th century brazil and where rival french and portuguese settler be exploit the indigineous people a confederate in their battle to assert dominance . what be particularly interesting about the movie be that it be make by the portuguese from the point of view of the french . the hero be a likable frenchman and the portuguese be barbarian and and the rest of the french be oppressive and greedy . the film portuguese maker be objective because when all be say and do and we see that it make no difference whose side one take . it about heredity overpower by environment in a time starkly define by tribe . enemy be make and perpetuate and and like so and the environmental integration never progress . a frenchman be capture by the portuguese be then capture by an indigenous tribe and the tupinambas and after they massacre a group of portuguese . the tribe shaman predict they would find a strong portuguese man to cannibalize a revenge for the chief brother be kill by a portugeuse musket ball . think the frenchman be portuguese and they believe they now have one . nevertheless and the frenchman be grant unrestrained course of the village and be sooner or later give a wife and and assume their accustomed appearance rather than his western clothes and or any clothes . another frenchman come to the village and tell the tribe that their prisoner be indeed portuguese and then assure the incensed frenchman that he will tell them the truth when the frenchman find a secret treasure trove that another european have hide nearby . i find the opening scene funny and because it narration appose with it contradiction on screen serve a great satire and even if the movie do not seem to want to maintain that tone very much more often . it actually not a terribly riveting film . the bountiful and essential locale and fierce way of life and ripen native woman make not only the frenchman and but u and too and forget any threat and and we have the feeling of him a a free man . it should not be that terribly hard to escape . the cannibalism be a scarce of desire a the full frontal nudity of the cast and suggest in lieu a the representative core of pereira do santos dry political cartoon of new world mythology and undeveloped social coherence . at any rate and this 1500s era social commentary and shot on location at a bay with 365 island and play almost entirely nude and almost entirely write in tupi and encourages effective breakdown of establish way which be topical because they have repeat themselves for century .