
A Matadeira
1994 · Movie · 16m
DocumentaryWarHistory
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
Key crew
- Jorge FurtadoDirector
- Jorge FurtadoScreenplay
Cast
- Pedro CardosoCast
- Antônio Carlos FalcãoCast
- Ben BerardiCast
- Carlos PalombiniCast
- David CamargoCast
- Dejayr FigueiraCast
- Irani ZucatoCast
- Nelson EbeltCast
- Régius BrandãoCast
- Roberto BirindelliCast
- Zé da TerreiraCast
- Débora FinocchiaroCast
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