A Matadeira
IMDb6.60
199416m
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.
Top-billed cast
- RRoberto Birindelli
- AAntônio Carlos Falcão
- RRégius Brandão
- PPedro Cardoso
- CCarlos Palombini
- DDejayr Figueira
- DDavid Camargo
- NNelson Ebelt
- ZZé da Terreira
- DDébora Finocchiaro
Crew
- Director
- Jorge Furtado
- Writer
- Jorge Furtado
- Producer
- Nora Goulart
- Production
- Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
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Who directed A Matadeira?
A Matadeira was directed by Jorge Furtado.
When was A Matadeira released?
A Matadeira was released in 1994.
