The award-winning sensational Brazilian thriller currently nominated for ‘Best International Film’ Film Independent Spirit Awards! Bacurau Directed & Written by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles Starring Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira Winner: Jury Prize – Cannes Film Festival 2019 Winner, Best International Film – Boston Online Film Critics Association Runner-up, Foreign Language Film …
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- 1/30/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
On one level, you could take Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ “Bacurau” as a serious political work about the exploitation of rural communities, the callous indifference of government and the damaging role of America around the world.
Or you could forget about that stuff and take it as a garish, bloody shoot ‘em up, an exercise in the Western genre where the wild west is actually northeast Brazil and the rising body count tends to obliterate whatever thoughtful points the film’s co-directors may be making.
In fact, “Bacurau” is all of those things at once. It makes points about community and exploitation, and then it splatters those points with blood, sets them to blasting sci-fi music and dares you to remember what those points were in the first place. It’s disturbing and messy, a fever dream for a disturbing and messy time in Brazil. And occasionally, it’s a lot of fun,...
Or you could forget about that stuff and take it as a garish, bloody shoot ‘em up, an exercise in the Western genre where the wild west is actually northeast Brazil and the rising body count tends to obliterate whatever thoughtful points the film’s co-directors may be making.
In fact, “Bacurau” is all of those things at once. It makes points about community and exploitation, and then it splatters those points with blood, sets them to blasting sci-fi music and dares you to remember what those points were in the first place. It’s disturbing and messy, a fever dream for a disturbing and messy time in Brazil. And occasionally, it’s a lot of fun,...
- 3/12/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“If You Go, Go in Peace.” This is the town motto of Bacurau, a small hamlet in central Brazil that’s home to a modest population of rural residents. It’s a small place, but it’s got a lot. There’s the museum, a tourist attraction (sort of) which sheds light on the village’s storied history: A rebellion was once stopped here, possibly with the same antique guns that hang on its walls. There’s a library — one of the best around, we’re told — and a whorehouse.
- 3/7/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
One week before Craig Zobel’s The Hunt finally gets a release, another film looking at the class divide with a genre touch will also come to U.S. theaters. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’s rollicking thriller Bacurau premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is getting a release via Kino Lorber. Led by Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Karine Teles, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, and Silvero Pereira, the new trailer has now been unveiled, which previews the story of a small, lower-class village coming together to fight a band of elite armed mercenaries.
Giovanni Marchini Camia said in his review, “The school in the fictional village of Bacurau, located somewhere in the desert hinterlands of north-eastern Brazil, bears the name of one João Carpinteiro. If the throbbing synth track that introduces the opening credits, the film’s glorious widescreen photography, and the narrative’s Rio Bravo-indebted premise weren’t sufficiently indicative,...
Giovanni Marchini Camia said in his review, “The school in the fictional village of Bacurau, located somewhere in the desert hinterlands of north-eastern Brazil, bears the name of one João Carpinteiro. If the throbbing synth track that introduces the opening credits, the film’s glorious widescreen photography, and the narrative’s Rio Bravo-indebted premise weren’t sufficiently indicative,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
After picking up a Grand Jury Prize at Cannes after its May debut, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ wholly unclassifiable genre thriller went on to dominate the Brazilian box office with a $2.5 million take, good enough to place it over Hollywood offerings like “Us,” “Knives Out,” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Now, after screening at festivals like Tiff and Nyff, the film is finally gearing up for its U.S. release. Good luck slotting this one in a handy genre box.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “A few years from now… Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian Sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from most maps and a UFO-shaped drone starts flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band...
Per the film’s official synopsis: “A few years from now… Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian Sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their village has literally vanished from most maps and a UFO-shaped drone starts flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band...
- 2/13/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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