The End of Man

The End of Man (Portuguese: Finis Hominis) is a 1971 Brazilian film directed by José Mojica Marins.

[1][2] The unusual and surreal film was made on a low budget, and rather than the often disturbing gothic horror of his previous films, The End of Man conveys a sense of social black humor and tongue in cheek style seen in other Brazilian Mouth of Garbage Cinema (Boca do Lixo) of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

A sequel to the film was produced in 1972 titled When the Gods Fall Asleep (Quando os Deuses Adormecem).

[4] A mysterious man (Marins) emerges naked from the ocean and proceeds to affect the lives of townspeople, the country, then the world.

When he later stops in a church and approaches the altar to fill the chalice with holy water and drinks it, he is observed by a priest who utters "Finis hominis".