Summary
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.
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Audiences 68GoodWatch 72
Letterboxd · 451 ratings3.5/5
IMDb6.6
Released
1994
January 2, 1994
32 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryWarHistoryLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
Brazil
Directing · 3
- Jorge Furtado Director, Screenplay
- Dainara Toffoli Assistant Director
- Rodrigo Pesavento Second Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Nora Goulart Executive Producer
- Sandro Dreyer Production Director
- Cynthia Caprara Casting Producer
Camera · 1
- Alex Sernambi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Giba Assis Brasil Editor
Sound · 3
- Leo Henkin Music
- Antônio Moreira Sound
- Cid Costa Sound
Art · 2
- Fiapo Barth Art Direction
- Gaspar Martins Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Rosângela Cortinhas Costume Design
- Flávia Aguiar Costume Design
- Ceres Rudolfo Makeup Artist
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