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The Bandit

Original title: O Cangaceiro
  • 19531953
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 31m
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7.3/10
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The Bandit (1953)
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'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful sch... Read all'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
649
YOUR RATING
    • Lima Barreto
    • Lima Barreto(story)
    • Rachel de Queiroz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Ruschel
    • Marisa Prado
    • Milton Ribeiro
    • Lima Barreto
    • Lima Barreto(story)
    • Rachel de Queiroz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Alberto Ruschel
    • Marisa Prado
    • Milton Ribeiro
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    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Alberto Ruschel
    Alberto Ruschel
    • Teodoro
    Marisa Prado
    • Olívia
    Milton Ribeiro
    • Capitão Galdino Ferreira
    Vanja Orico
    • Maria Clódia
    Adoniran Barbosa
    Adoniran Barbosa
    • Mané Mole
    Ricardo Campos
    Neusa Veras
    Zé do Norte
    Jesuíno G. dos Santos
      Maria Luiza Splendore
        Antonio V. Almeida
        Heitor Barnabé
        Lima Barreto
        Dan Camara
        Horácio Camargo
        Carybé
        Antônio Coelho
        Maria Joaquina da Rocha
          • Lima Barreto
          • Lima Barreto(story) (screenplay)
          • Rachel de Queiroz(dialogue)
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        • Trivia
          Directorial debut of Lima Barreto.
        • Connections
          Featured in Panorama do Cinema Brasileiro (1968)
        • Soundtracks
          Mulher Rendeira
          Written by Lampião and adapted by Zé do Norte

          Performed by Vanja Orico

        User reviews9

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        10/10
        An opus of Eisensteinian dimensions
        I saw this movie as an adolescent in the 60es just once on TV, but it still is one of only a handful which surface at least once every five years. As other reviewers have pointed out before, the great music by Zé do Norte was a major factor for this memorability. Foremost here is the ballad "Mulher Rendeira" (The Lacemaker), especially in the unforgettable scene when the gang rides in a duck line along a ridge which is set against the dusk sky and the gloomy grandeur of the Brazilian Sertao. In their leather garments, pepped up by the symbolism of amulets and talismans, the bandidos in this movie resemble an archaic tribe living in this land of dust and thorns for eons already. The movie is filmed in black and white which is lending it a certain kind of credibility reminding of a documentary. Although presenting a different plot, Barreto's movie was obviously inspired by the fate of the most famous couple of Brazilian cangaceiros, Lampiao and his wife Maria Bonita, who were killed in 1938 with seven others of their gang by the police.
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        • Aug 22, 2009

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        • Release date
          • September 3, 1954 (United States)
          • Brazil
          • Portuguese
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          • Vera Cruz Studios
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        • 1 hour 31 minutes
          • Black and White
          • Mono

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