Sight&Sound - 04.2020

FILMS OF THE MONTH

April 2020 | Sight&Sound | 59

The Brazilian sertão, the near future. Teresa returns

to the village of Bacurau for the funeral of her

grandmother. The village suddenly disappears from

web-mapping services, and residents’ cell phones

cease to receive reception. Two bikers from the urban

south appear, killing two locals when they discover

a farmhouse massacre and threaten to warn the

townspeople. The bikers are scouts for a party of young

Americans who plan to massacre the villagers. But when

one of the Americans is captured, Bacurau’s residents

learn of the impending assault. The Americans walk

into an ambush, learning too late that Bacurau was

the scene of an earlier uprising, and that its residents

are deadly. The Americans’ leader is buried alive.

Produced by

Emilie Lesclaux

Saïd Ben Saïd

Michel Merkt

Written by

Kleber Mendonça

Filho

Juliano Dornelles

Director of

Photography

Pedro Sotero

Editor

Eduardo Serrano

Art Director

Thales Junqueira

Original Music

Mateus Alves

Tomaz Alves Souza

Sound Recordist

Nicolas Hallet

Costume Designer

Rita Azevedo

©CinemaScópio,

SBS Productions,

Arte France Cinéma

Production

Companies

BR Petrobras present

Emilie Lesclaux, Saïd

Ben Saïd, Michel

Merkt present a

CinemaScópio,

SBS Productions

production

In co-production

with Globo Filmes,

Símio Filmes, Arte

France Cinéma,

Telecine, Canal Brasil

With the participation

of Arte France and

Aide aux cinémas

du monde, Centre

national du cinéma

et de l’image animée,

Institut français

Executive Producer

Dora Amorim

Cast

Bárbara Colen

Teresa

Thomas Aquino

Pacote/Acácio

Silvero Pereira

Lunga

Thardelly Lima

To n y J r

Rubens Santos

Erivaldo

Wilson Rabelo

Plinio

Carlos Francisco

Damiano

Luciana Souza

Isa

Karine Teles

female southerner

Antonio Saboia

male southerner

Sônia Braga

Domingas

Udo Kier

Michael

Dolby Digital

In Colour

[2.35:1]

Subtitles

Distributor

MUBI

Western girls and western boys: Bárbara Colen as Teresa, one of the locals under attack in Bacurau

Bad trip: Udo Kier as the assailants’ leader

Credits and Synopsis