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Bacurau (Portuguese for 'nightjar'; [bɐkuˈɾaw]) is a 2019 Weird Western film [3] written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. [4] It stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, and Karine Teles.
Mar 5, 2020 · The town in the shocker “Bacurau” is fictional, a bit magical, at once ordinary and otherworldly. It’s filled with faces that have life etched in them, which helps deepen the realism.
- Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Oct 4, 2019 · The fictional village of Bacurau, set in the hinterlands of Brazil’s arid north-east, is based on a quilombo: a settlement (and site of resistance) formed by escaped African slaves in the 1600s. But the film updates the traditional quilombo to a more eclectic community of outcasts.
Aug 15, 2019 · Where did the inspiration for Bacurau come from? Kleber Mendonça Filho: I think when you write a script, the biggest challenge is to make it not to do the usual stuff. For example, I was on a plane, and I could see this other person’s monitor watching…
Mar 6, 2020 · Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest film “Bacurau” fits right in with the trend and takes its social self-examination a step further, indicting the lasting harm of colonialism, corrupt politicians, and American imperialism in a fight-to-the-death bloodbath.
Mar 19, 2020 · Bacurau: Directed by Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho. With Bárbara Colen, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Thardelly Lima. After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
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May 17, 2020 · Bacurau is a small impoverished town in the arid Northeastern hinterlands of Brazil; but it’s also a utopia of sorts with its tight-knit community who stand firm against exterior threats, be they the authorities who are trying to cut off their water supply or a preening corrupt mayor looking to exchange out-of-date food for votes.
