Bacurau

2019
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Title: Bacurau

Original Title: Bacurau

Year: 2019

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: March 13 2020
  • United States: March 06 2020

Plot

In a not distant future, Bacurau, a rural village in Brazil, suffers the lost of its matriarch, a 94 years old woman called Carmelita, when she passes away. Teresa, her granddaughter, comes back to attend the funeral. She soon realizes that the pain of the village is not just for the dead of her grandmother. The water supply is damaged and mobile signal is fading. Bacurau is disappearing from any map. An unknown enemy is trying to hurt the village and its people must face him to survive.

Kleber Mendonça Filho ('Aquarius', 'O Som ao Redor') works with Juliano Dornelles ('O Ateliê da Rua do Brum') to direct and write the script of 'Bacurau'. In this modern western, the strange and what is real mix up in a different kind of action story.

The movie is starred by Bárbara Colen ('Aquarium', 'Baixo Centro'), Udo Kier ('Blade', 'Downsizing'), Thomas Aquino ('3%', 'Treze Dias Longe do Sol'), Silvero Pererira ('A Força do Querer'), Thardelly Lima, Rubens Santos ('Divino Amor'), Wilson Rabelo ('Sol Nascente') y Karine Teles ('Que Horas Ela Volta?').

'Bacurau has won several awards. Among these accolades it got Jury Prize 2019 in Cannes Film Festival, Best Director in Lima Latin American Film Festival and Best International Film in Munich Film Festival and the Prize of Montréal Festival of New Cinema. It also succeded in Sitges where it won Best Picture and Director.

Cast

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Michael

Sonia Braga

Sonia Braga

Domingas

Thomas Aquino

Thomas Aquino

Pacote / Acácio

Karine Teles

Karine Teles

Forastera

Videos

'Bacurau' english subtitled 1:02

'Bacurau' english subtitled

November 14 2019

Photos

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Trivia

Almost in the Ceremony of the Oscars

Brazil's runner-up for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020; the official submission went to 'La vida invisible de Eurídice Gusmão' (2019). Both were deemed as favorites by audiences and critics.

Bird name

Bacurau is the portuguese name for nightjar, iconic bird with nocturnal habits, very common in southeast Brazil.

Tribute

At one point, the villagers names are cited out loud. Between them there's a Marielle, a Marisa Letícia and a João Pedro Teixeira, an homage to the real life people that are cemented in Brazil's history.

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