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)
LIVE screenings:
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
Post-screening discussion led by Davi Silistino de Souza, Universidade Estadual Paulista/U of Louisville
on Friday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.

A few years from now… Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants one by one.

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.

En algunos años… Bacurau, un pequeño pueblo del sertão brasileño, lamenta la pérdida de su matriarca, Carmelita, que vivió hasta los 94 años. Días después, sus habitantes (entre ellos Sônia Braga) notan que su pueblo ha literalmente desaparecido de mapas en línea y un dron con forma de ovni se ve sobrevolando el pueblo. Hay fuerzas que quieren expulsarlos de sus hogares, y pronto, en un giro inesperado, una banda de mercenarios armados liderada por Udo Kier llega a la ciudad matando a los habitantes uno por uno.

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.

Presented in collaboration with the Speed Art Museum's Speed Cinema and
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