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Cast

Pedro Cardoso

Pedro Cardoso

Antônio Carlos Falcão

Ben Berardi

Carlos Palombini

David Camargo

Dejayr Figueira

Irani Zucato

Nelson Ebelt

Régius Brandão

Roberto Birindelli

Roberto Birindelli

Zé da Terreira

Débora Finocchiaro

Lisa Becker

Lisa Becker

Carlos Cunha Filho

Crew

Jorge Furtado

Jorge Furtado

Director

Jorge Furtado

Jorge Furtado

Screenplay

Fiapo Barth

Fiapo Barth

Art Direction

Flávia Aguiar

Costume Design

Nora Goulart

Nora Goulart

Executive Producer

Giba Assis Brasil

Giba Assis Brasil

Editor

Alex Sernambi

Alex Sernambi

Director of Photography

Rosângela Cortinhas

Costume Design

Gaspar Martins

Art Direction

Cynthia Caprara

Casting Producer

Leo Henkin

Leo Henkin

Music

Dainara Toffoli

Dainara Toffoli

Assistant Director

Rodrigo Pesavento

Second Assistant Director

Cid Costa

Sound

Sandro Dreyer

Production Director

Ceres Rudolfo

Makeup Artist

Antônio Moreira

Sound

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A Matadeira

19940.0 / 1016 min

Documentary, War, History

Overview

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.