Bacurau

In a not distant future, Bacurau, a rural village in Brazil, suffers the lost of its matriarch, a 94 years old woman called Carmelita, when she passes away. Teresa, her granddaughter, comes back to attend the funeral. She soon realizes that the pain of the village is not just for the dead of her grandmother. The water supply is damaged and mobile signal is fading. Bacurau is disappearing from any map. An unknown enemy is trying to hurt the village and its people must face him to survive.

Kleber Mendonça Filho ('Aquarius', 'O Som ao Redor') works with Juliano Dornelles ('O Ateliê da Rua do Brum') to direct and write the script of 'Bacurau'. In this modern western, the strange and what is real mix up in a different kind of action story.

The movie is starred by Bárbara Colen ('Aquarium', 'Baixo Centro'), Udo Kier ('Blade', 'Downsizing'), Thomas Aquino ('3%', 'Treze Dias Longe do Sol'), Silvero Pererira ('A Força do Querer'), Thardelly Lima, Rubens Santos ('Divino Amor'), Wilson Rabelo ('Sol Nascente') y Karine Teles ('Que Horas Ela Volta?').

'Bacurau has won several awards. Among these accolades it got Jury Prize 2019 in Cannes Film Festival, Best Director in Lima Latin American Film Festival and Best International Film in Munich Film Festival and the Prize of Montréal Festival of New Cinema. It also succeded in Sitges where it won Best Picture and Director.