The Demiurge
1972, Portuguese. Directed by Jorge Mautner.
A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A fable-musical-philosophical-chanchada", Mautner says. He also affirms that the work focuses a lot on the longing for Brazil, on the will that the exiled had to return to their homeland. The idea came from conversations between the musician and his old father, "always talking about the pre-Socratics", he recalls. Glauber Rocha states that "The Demiurge" is the best film "of" and "about" exile.
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 1 January 1972
- Original title
- O Demiurgo
- Country
- Brazil
- Written by
- Jorge Mautner
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The Demiurge runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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The Demiurge isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1972. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Demiurge?
The Demiurge (1972) was directed by Jorge Mautner and stars Jorge Mautner, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil.