Arraial do Cabo, although being a short film, was quite interesting to watch in the class looking back as it took a traditional means of looking at the fishing world in Brazil. I wanted to discuss the difference between this film and Glauber Rocha’s narrative Barravento, as both films cover the same topic, but cover completely different grounds in terms of cinematography. With Barravento we get this extreme force of nature as Rocha decides to tackle spiritually, oppression and taking back what is rightfully one’s land. Arraial do Cabo in this sense lacks, as it only truly portrays the visual aspect of these fisherman doing work, not delving into their lives as much. Although Arraial do Cabo captures shots of the fisherman through wide lens of the process itself, characters such as Firmino and Aruã bring such drama to the concept of fishing as it is more of a means to living as they should. Overall however, learning about both films brought great pleasure as I had not known much Brazilian cinema before.