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Bacurau

2019, Mystery & thriller/Drama, 2h 11m

169 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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Formally thrilling and narratively daring, Bacurau draws on modern Brazilian sociopolitical concerns to deliver a hard-hitting, genre-blurring drama. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

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 (among them Sônia Braga) notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants one by one. A fierce confrontation takes place when the townspeople turn the tables on the villainous outsiders, banding together by any means necessary to protect and maintain their remote community. The mercenaries just may have met their match in the fed-up, resourceful denizens of little Bacurau.

Genre:

Mystery & thriller, Drama, Fantasy
Original Language:

Portuguese (Brazil)
Director:

Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles
Producer:

Saïd Ben Saïd, Emilie Lesclaux, Michel Merkt
Writer:

Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 6, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 19, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$58.1K
Runtime:

2h 11m
Distributor:

Kino Lorber

Cast & Crew

Sonia Braga
Domingas

Udo Kier
Michael

Barbara Colen
Teresa

Julia Marie Peterson

Julia Marie Peterson
Julia

Karine Teles

Chris Doubek

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Critic Reviews for Bacurau

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Audience Reviews for Bacurau

Oct 25, 2021

The movie's politics are as subtle as a dump truck driving through a glass window which wouldn't be a huge problem except for the fact that the cartoonish villains make that commentary feel superfluous.

Alec B Super Reviewer
Mar 08, 2021

In the words of the great Dom Toretto, "This is BRAZIL!"

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