A Matadeira

Name: A Matadeira
Released: 1994-01-02
Rating: 8

1994

Trailer

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.

Release Date

1994-01-02

Status

Released

Original Title

A Matadeira

Runtime

16 min

Original Language

PT

Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

Overview

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.

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