A Matadeira
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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.
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Pedro Cardoso
Known for
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Antônio Carlos Falcão
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Ben Berardi
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David Camargo
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Dejayr Figueira
Irani Zucato
Nelson Ebelt
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Régius Brandão
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Roberto Birindelli
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Débora Finocchiaro
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Jorge Furtado Director · Alex Sernambi Cinematographer Giba Assis Brasil Editor
First release January 2, 1994 · Produced in Brazil · Languages English, Portuguese
Production
Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · January 2, 1994
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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