Viva Cangaceiro poster

Viva Cangaceiro( 1969)

TV-MAWestern
67%
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Overview

Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …

    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • rebel
    • village
    • oil
    • brazilian northeast