Completed - PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH - Thriller - 132 minutes
A few years from now… Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO, Juliano DORNELLES Cast : Barbara COLEN, Sonia BRAGA, Udo KIER
Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius, Neighbouring Sounds) and Juliano Dornelles present BACURAU – a wild, genre-blending siege thriller set in Brazil’s remote backcountry. Winner of the Cannes Jury Prize 2019, BACURAU is unlike anything you’ve seen before. Bacurau, a small settlement in rural Brazil, is shaken by the death of its elderly matriarch. But something strange is happening in the village, and there’s little time for mourning. The water supply has been cut off, animals are stampeding through the streets, and empty coffins are turning up on the roadside. One morning, the villagers wake up to find their home has disappeared from satellite maps completely. Under threat from an unknown enemy, Bacurau braces itself for a bloody, brutal fight for survival. With unforgettable turns from Udo Kier and Sonia Braga, this is an audacious, original and spectacularly violent blend of neo-Western, revenge thriller and political allegory. Tipping its hat to Sergio Leone and John Carpenter, it’s a whirlwind of genre twists and surrealist turns guaranteed to leave you punch-drunk and reeling.
Country(ies) : BRAZIL, FRANCE
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Prix Lumières 2019AFCAE VL 2023Festival de Cannes 2019 - Competition (Jury Prize)Sarajevo FF 2019 KinoscopeBFI London FF 2019 (Thrill Gala )