Bacurau

Bacurau
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPedro Sotero
Edited byEduardo Serrano
Music by
  • Mateus Alves
  • Tomaz Alves Souza
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Vitrine Filmes (Brazil)
  • SBS Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) (Brazil)
  • 25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) (France)
Running time
132 minutes
Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
Budget$1.43 million[1]
Box office$3.5 million[2]

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. The film, a co-production between Brazil and France,[5][6] revolves around Bacurau, a fictional small town in the Brazilian sertão that is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch, Carmelita (Lia de Itamaraca), at the age of 94.[7][8] The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,[9] and won the Jury Prize.[10][11]

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  3. ^ "Bacurau first look: a way out weird western for menacing times". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ^ "The Screenings Guide 2019". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Bacurau". Cineuropa. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  6. ^ Barlow, Helen (6 June 2019). "'Bacurau' Filmmakers on Pulling Inspiration from Brazil's Broken System | Cannes 2019". Collider. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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  8. ^ "Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Bacurau's Politics". Slant Magazine. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  11. ^ Pulver, Andrew (25 May 2019). "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2019.