Mandacaru Vermelho

1961
1h 18m

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Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her... Read allDespite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her aunt goes after them, in order to kill them for revenge.Despite being promised to another man, a young orphaned woman falls in love with man working at the farm she lives in , and together they escape. According tradition in Northeast Brazil, her aunt goes after them, in order to kill them for revenge.

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6.8/10

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The draft of a genius: great Northeastern Brazilian Western

Very solid Nordestern (Western in Braziian Northeast) on traditional family struggles and honor vengeance. Wonderful cinematography and music score. Very well filmed and editted. Nelson Pereira dos Santos was effectively a genius! It is hard to believe that he made this good Western in these conditions: the crew went to Bahia in order to shoot Barren Lives (Vidas Secas), but it had rained too much and it was supposed to be a dry weather to produce that film. Therefore, he improvise another movie, with no detailed script and mostly extras as actors. Nelson Pereira dos Santos used to present this movie as a draft of a film. Well, his draft is by far better than the well planned films made by most directors in the world...