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A Matadeira (1994)

★ 8.0/10 16 min Documentary, War, History Brazil Portuguese
Director: Jorge Furtado
Screenplay by: Jorge Furtado
Streaming: Not available

Description

Canudos was a small village in northeastern Brazil, founded by the messianic leader Antônio Conselheiro and massacred by a powerful army until the death of the last of its 30,000 inhabitants, on October 5, 1897. The film tells the story of the Canudos massacre from an English cannon, nicknamed by the backlands people "A Matadeira", which was transported by twenty teams of oxen through the backlands to fire a single shot.

Top Cast

Pedro Cardoso
Pedro Cardoso
Antônio Carlos Falcão
Ben Berardi
Carlos Palombini
David Camargo
Dejayr Figueira
Irani Zucato
Nelson Ebelt

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