From its very title, Cláudio Kahns and Antônio Paulo Ferraz's Santo e Jesus, Metalúrgicos is crystal clear about where it stands and about its messianic flair. Through a wordplay with the religious connotation of the names of the two men, murdered during the worker strikes of the late 1970s in São Paulo, it associates sainthood and Christ himself with the working class. That association is reaffirmed throughout the film, from the very beginning, including by a priest. The martyrdom of metalworkers Nelson Pereira de Jesus and Santo Dias da Silva is the starting point to denounce the working conditions faced by factory workers, and the repression which ensues whenever they try to resist them. However, the film also presents us with the 'official' version of the facts, going so far as to feature interviews with the man who killed Nelson. Obviously, it sides with the workers, as it conveys the strength of the oppressed and the impudence of the oppressors.
Santo and Jesus, Metalworkers
April 2, 1983
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Nelson Pereira de Jesus
Self (uncredited)
Santo Dias
Self
Cláudio Kahns
Director
Antonio Paulo Ferraz
Director
Willy Correa de Oliveira
Music Director
Lia Camargo
Sound
Mayra M. de Oliveira Lima
Musician
Chico Mou
Sound
Uli Bruhn
Sound
Robert Augusto de Oliveira
Musician
Cláudio Kahns
Sound
Sarah Feldman
Title Designer
Eduardo Poiano
Additional Photography
Pedro Farkas
Director of Photography
Uli Bruhn
Additional Photography
Celso Lucas
Additional Photography
Roberto Santos Filho
Additional Photography
Adrian Cooper
Director of Photography
Zetas Malzoni
Director of Photography
Cláudio Kahns
Additional Photography
Mirella Martinelli
Assistant Editor
Francisco Magaldi
Assistant Editor
Adrian Cooper
Editor
Danilo Tadeu
Editor