Viva Cangaceiro
6.5
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1969-12-23
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Western
Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …
Featured Crew
| Giovanni Fago | Director |
| Bernardino Zapponi | Screenplay |
| José Luis Jerez | Screenplay |
| José Luis Jerez | Story |
| Giovanni Fago | Story |
| Rafael Romero Marchent | Screenplay |
| Rafael Romero Marchent | Story |
| Antonio Troiso | Story |
| Riz Ortolani | Original Music Composer |
| Alejandro Ulloa | Cinematography |
