Visions of Latin America in Glauber Rocha’s Cabezas cortadas

Abstract

Glauber Rocha Cabezas cortadas, narrates the experiences of a Latin-American dictator in his Spanish exile (even though the name of the country is never mentioned) and it grounds itself in stylistic terms by means of a surrealist operation on the association of concepts and symbols. This tool, the surrealist operation on the association of concepts and symbols, constitutes the method for the construction of cultural dialogue between Latin America and Spain set by the film. Therefore, this article presents as a goal to analyze the cultural dialogue between Cabezas cortadas and the Hispanic America and its idea of Latin-American identity.