Bacurau

Name: Bacurau
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery
Released: March 6, 2020
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Alli Willow, Antonio Saboia, Barbara Colen, Brian Townes, Carlos Francisco

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 6, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alli Willow, Antonio Saboia, Barbara Colen, Brian Townes, Carlos Francisco, Chris Doubek, Jonny Mars, Julia Marie Peterson, Karine Teles, Luciana Souza, Rubens Santos, Silvero Pereira, Sônia Braga, Thardelly Lima, Thomas Aquino, Udo Kier, Wilson Rabelo

Summary: 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.

Director: Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 131 min

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K. Austin Collins

Mar 26, 2020

It isn’t remotely surprising that a political film can be gut-splitting entertainment; if the legacy of the American Western proves anything, it’s this. But Bacurau doesn’t merely reflect that legacy. It outdoes it. Read full review

The Film Stage Giovanni Marchini Camia

May 17, 2019

Credit where credit’s due, as Bacurau owes a considerable debt to Carpenter–while also taking ample cues from another half-dozen genre auteurs–but in terms of complexity and ambition, this furious political allegory co-written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles (the production designer on Mendonça Filho’s previous features) is very much a case of the students outclassing the master. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Sep 10, 2019

Part siege movie, part rural drama, part gore-soaked freak-out, Bacurau is the one instance where it’s the destination, not the journey, that matters. Read full review

Justin Chang

May 17, 2019

The resulting genre stew is rich and flavorsome, if also somewhat chunky and uneven. The characters are thinly drawn by design, but Mendonça Filho and Dornelles know how to use the magnetism of their actors to maximum advantage. Read full review

Phil de Semlyen

May 28, 2019

Maybe the film loses its head a bit at this point too, with its deeper message lost in the epic bloodshed, but the chances are you’ll be having too much fun to mind. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Mar 23, 2020

In its bloody denouement, Bacurau feels like a Spaghetti Western, playing with post-"Seven Samurai" idea of peasants learning to be soldiers at the hands of warriors. But it's also a subversion of that idea, and brings in elements of the old horror conventions about bloodthirsty killers in remote places. Read full review

Martyn Conterio

May 17, 2019

This might not be the film you’re quite expecting from the director of arthouse dramas focused on modern life in Brazil, but it fits right in as a variation and continuation of Mendonça Filho’s pet themes. Read full review

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Vhpotter

Jul 11, 2020

One of the best movies I've ever seen. The culture, the history and the multiethnic actors get everything better. BRAZIL ❤️

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

rahmiell

Nov 14, 2020

obra prima sem precedentes. infelizmente o brasileiro tá tão acostumado com a produção norte-americana que automaticamente coloca defeito em tudo do seu próprio país. direção magistral do kleber, atuações memoráveis, enfim, 10/10.

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

Blockear

Mar 7, 2020

The movie scares when we never think this will happen. The Director's direction is a really different type of tell this story, the actors shows all emotions and surprise faces that surprises who are watching! A Masterpiece.

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

UncleWillard

Jan 4, 2022

I've seen this compared to both Jodorowsky and Lione, and it certainly rings true. I like Bacurao and it's people and you can't help but root for them when everything, everyone, and everywhere else has not only forsaken it, but stripped it and tried to sell it to the highest bidder. There'sI've seen this compared to both Jodorowsky and Lione, and it certainly rings true. I like Bacurao and it's people and you can't help but root for them when everything, everyone, and everywhere else has not only forsaken it, but stripped it and tried to sell it to the highest bidder. There's nothing really of value in Bacurau, but it's honor, and it satisfyingly defends it with extreme prejudice. I Iike this place.

All that said, where it fails is its villains. They are stupid and nonsensical, and that hurts the film. We never really get any depth for them. We don't have a clue why they do what they do. It just makes them comical and not in a good way.… Expand

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KeithsTake

Aug 23, 2020

Saw how highly this film was reviewed and fell for the bait. It’s an ok Cannes submission, but it’s probably a mid-range B-movie. I could make some informed speculation on why reviewers have it high marks, but I’ll just suggest you don’t get your hopes up too high if you are about to watch.

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JonDoc

Aug 28, 2020

After all the cool reviews I was expecting a quirky Brazilian sci-fi/horror or something left-field and a bit different, TBH I wasn't sure what, but in the end the film felt uneven and unsure of itself - critics say it is meant to be a metaphorical critique on socio-economic/political divideAfter all the cool reviews I was expecting a quirky Brazilian sci-fi/horror or something left-field and a bit different, TBH I wasn't sure what, but in the end the film felt uneven and unsure of itself - critics say it is meant to be a metaphorical critique on socio-economic/political divide but to me the story just came off boring with long quiet stretches followed by spats of ultra violence populated by unlikable characters which didn't have an redeeming qualities or go anywhere interesting and the take away was boring and unsatisfying… Expand

2 of 6 users found this helpful24

tomaspera

Jul 27, 2020

Filme deprimente, chato e áudio péssimo, onde o som do ambiente fica mais alto que o som das falas.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

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