A Matadeira
A Matadeira
1994
Documentary War History
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Director
Jorge Furtado
Cast
Antônio Carlos Falcão
Ben Berardi
Carlos Palombini
David Camargo
Dejayr Figueira
Irani Zucato
Nelson Ebelt
Pedro Cardoso
Régius Brandão
Roberto Birindelli
Crew
Fiapo Barth (Art Direction)
Gaspar Martins (Art Direction)
Dainara Toffoli (Assistant Director)
Cynthia Caprara (Casting Producer)
Flávia Aguiar (Costume Design)
Rosângela Cortinhas (Costume Design)
Alex Sernambi (Director of Photography)
Giba Assis Brasil (Editor)
Nora Goulart (Executive Producer)
Ceres Rudolfo (Makeup Artist)
Leo Henkin (Music)
Sandro Dreyer (Production Director)
Jorge Furtado (Screenplay)
Rodrigo Pesavento (Second Assistant Director)
Antônio Moreira (Sound)
Cid Costa (Sound)
Original Poster
A Matadeira - Original Poster
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