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Viva Cangaceiro
1969
Directed by
Giovanni Fago
102 min
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 …
Ratings
3.5
Details
Release Date
1969-12-23
Runtime
102 min
Original Language
Italian
Languages
Italian
Production Companies
Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A.
Medusa Distribuzione
Tritone Cinematografica
Countries
Spain
Italy
Genres
Western