Abstract This article analyses how the themes of mestiçagem and purity of blood are developed in Alain Fresnot’s filmic adaptation of Desmundo, based on the novel by Ana Miranda. It begins by contextualizing the critical dialogue that the film establishes with the discourses on national identity circulating in the early 2000s in response to state-sponsored efforts to commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of Brazil’s “discovery,” and specifically with the resurgence of theories on mestiçagem associated with Gilberto Freyre. It further offers a filmic analysis highlighting two key points. First, it considers how the question of racial mixture is framed and developed by calling attention to the historical case of as órfãs d’el Rei, which was an imperial marriage scheme designed to help reproduce a white Christian population in Portugal’s overseas colonial possessions. Secondly, it provides an analysis of the film’s representation of Ximeno’s character as an ambiguous New Christian of Jewish descent. It argues that the emphasis on the question of purity of blood informs the film’s critical drive to reorient national discussions on mestiçagem and racialization in Brazil.

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阿兰·弗雷斯诺 (Alain Fresnot) 的 Desmundo 中的 Mestiçagem 和血液的纯度

摘要 本文分析了阿兰·弗雷斯诺 (Alain Fresnot) 根据安娜·米兰达 (Ana Miranda) 的小说改编的 Desmundo 电影中的混血儿和纯洁性主题是如何发展的。它首先将电影建立的批判性对话与 2000 年代初期为响应国家资助的纪念巴西“发现”五百周年的努力而流传的关于民族认同的话语，特别是关于梅斯蒂卡格姆理论的复兴相关联。与吉尔伯托·弗雷尔有关。它还提供了一个电影分析，突出了两个关键点。首先，它通过引起人们对 as órfãs d'el Rei 的历史案例的关注，来考虑如何构建和发展种族混合问题，这是一项帝王联姻计划，旨在帮助葡萄牙海外殖民地的白人基督教徒繁衍后代。其次，它分析了电影对西梅诺作为一个模棱两可的犹太血统新基督徒的表现。它认为，对血液纯度问题的强调为影片的关键动力提供了信息，以重新调整巴西关于种族歧视和种族化的全国性讨论。