Cast

Alberto Ruschel Marisa Prado Milton Ribeiro Vanja Orico Adoniran Barbosa Ricardo Campos

Credits

Written by: Lima Barreto

Plot

A band of bandits, the cangaceiros, in the Brazilian Northeast kidnaps a teacher, and one of the bandits falls in love with her and leaves the gang.

Sinekatalog’s take

A sun-baked Brazilian western that helped make Brazilian film known abroad.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (790 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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