Who Is Beta?
6.6
“Pas De Violence Entre Nous”
The critical success in France of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman made possible dos Santos’ delirious science-fiction vision of free love in a post-apocalyptic wilderness besieged by flesh hungry zombies contaminated by an unnamed nuclear attack. Who is Beta? follows two statuesque survivors drawn irresistibly together only to be entranced by the arrival and sudden disappearance of a third, the bewitching raven haired Beta. With its cartoon-like depiction of extreme violence and desire, Who is Beta? offers a heady Pop-infused companion to Hunger for Love. Yet beneath its giddy play of surfaces, dos Santos' underappreciated film gradually reveals a darkly ambiguous metaphoric dimension. -Harvard Film Archive
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Cast
23 people
Noëlle Adam
Road woman
Known for
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
The One Man Band
Sylvie Fennec
Beta
Known for
The Specialists
Emmanuelle 3
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Also in
Red Mandacaru
Garden of War
Dib Lutfi
Gerard Leclery
Ariane Lopez Huici
Frédéric de Pasquale
Maurício
Known for
The French Connection
The Party
Pierre Kast
Levi Menezes
Regina Rosemburg
Regina
No other roles listed
Regina Rosenburgo
Regina (as Regina Rosemburg)
Isabel Ribeiro
Also in
O Rebu
Saint Bernard
Nelson Pereira dos Santos Director · Gérard Levy-Clerc Writer Levi Menezes Story
First release April 11, 1972 · Produced in Brazil, France · Production Dahlia Film, Regina Films
Production
Regina Filmes
Production
Dahlia Film
Production
Regina Films
Production
Brazil · France
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Original title
Quem é Beta?
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · April 11, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 1, 1973 · Cannes Film Festival
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