Os Bandeirantes

★★★★★

Original title: The Pioneers · Turkish title: Hayat Yolu

1960 · 1 h 49 min

Directed by Marcel Camus

Adventure

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Cast

Raymond Loyer Elga Andersen Lourdes de Oliveira Léa Garcia Almiro do Esperito Santo Beija Flor

Credits

Written by: Rubem Braga

Plot

A Brazilian film made after Black Orpheus.

Sinekatalog’s take

Marcel Camus's adventure, made after Black Orpheus, dramatises the colonial explorers of Brazil, the Bandeirantes. Handsome and ambitious, but less affecting than his earlier success, it is a decent, conventional adventure.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (56 votes)
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