The 28th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
Bacurau
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, Brazil, France, 2019
Length: 131 minutes
About the film:https://pragda.com/film/bacurau/
Rating: NR (Sex & nudity, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol, drugs & smoking, frightening & intense scenes)
Showtime(s) and location(s):
Sunday, September 26, 3:00 p.m., Speed Cinema (@ Speed Art Museum)
Introduction: Dr. Manuel Medina, Department of Classical and Modern Languages
Wednesday, September 29, 5:00 p.m., Floyd Theater
Introduction: Davi Silistino de Souza, Universidade Estadual Paulista/U of Louisville
Wednesday, September 29, 7:30 p.m., Floyd Theater
Virtual screening:
Watch this film between 10/23/2021 and 10/29/2021.
Credentials needed
on Friday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.
A fierce confrontation takes place when the townspeople turn the tables on the villainous outsiders, banding together by any means necessary to protect and maintain their remote community. The mercenaries just may have met their match in the fed-up, resourceful denizens of little Bacurau.
Award-winning and critically acclaimed, Bacurau is a box office sensation seen in Brazil by over a million people.
Se produce un feroz enfrentamiento cuando la gente del pueblo le da la vuelta a los malvados forasteros, uniéndose por todos los medios necesarios para proteger y mantener su remota comunidad. Es posible que los mercenarios hayan encontrado a su rival en los habitantes hartos e ingeniosos del pequeño Bacurau.
Galardonado y aclamado por la crítica, Bacurau es una sensación de taquilla vista en Brasil por más de un millón de personas.
as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda, and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.
Thanks to the support of the Film Committee, Student Activity Board, University of Louisville