A Matadeira
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.
About A Matadeira (1994)
Released in 1994, A Matadeira is a documentary, war and history film from Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre (Brazil). It was directed by Jorge Furtado and written by Jorge Furtado. The cast is led by Pedro Cardoso, Antônio Carlos Falcão, Ben Berardi, Carlos Palombini and David Camargo. With a runtime of 16m, the film averages 8.0/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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