Jardim de espumas (1971)
A man pins a slim Asian woman with short dark hair in a grassy field, pressing a knife to her throat in a close-up that shows her face clearly. They’re fully clothed, outside in natural light, surrounded by open land — looks like a rural or desert area. Earlier shots show four people sitting around a box on the ground, all Asian, appearing to be in their 20s or 30s, before one man squats alone in a different sandy area. The tone shifts fast when the man mounts the woman with the knife, not sexually but violently — it’s confrontational, not erotic. Camera stays wide for most frames, capturing full-body action, then cuts in tight for the knife moment. The whole thing has a raw, unscripted feel with no signs of a studio setup.