Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- 18
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil, France
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Portuguese — subtitles on.
The story
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
- transsexuality
- resistance
- autonomy
- colonialism
- backcountry
- autonomia
- grassroots movement
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Udo Kier — Michael
- Thardelly Lima — Tony Jr.
- Rubens Santos — Erivaldo
- Wilson Rabelo — Plinio
- Carlos Francisco — Damiano
- Luciana Souza — Isa
- Karine Teles — Forasteira
- Antonio Saboia — Forasteiro
- Lia de Itamaracá — Dona Carmelita
- Buda Lira — Claudio
- Clébia Sousa — Angela
- Directed
- Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 1,161 ratings
- Studio
- Símio Filmes, ARTE France Cinéma, Globo Filmes, SBS Productions, Canal Brasil, Telecine
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
