Brazilian Western
(2013)
★ 6.3 IMDb · 195 votes
Year: 2013
Runtime: 108 мин
Country: Brazil
Director: René Sampaio
Cast: Fabrício Boliveira, Isis Valverde, Felipe Abib, Antonio Calloni, César Troncoso, Marcos Paulo, Cinnara Leal, Léo Rosa
Plot
When João goes to Brazil in search of a better life, he meets punk music enthusiast Maria and falls in love with her. But his involvement in the local drug trade makes him the target of a vicious drug lord.
Brazilian Western is an adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo a famous Brazilian singer and composer who in the style of Bob Dylan knew how to delight crowds by telling stories and singing with his lyrics The adaptation precipitated a both social and romantic drama with a tragic ending. Focusing on the love story of outlaw Joao do Santo Cristo with Architecture major student Maria Lucia, the movie takes place in Brasilia in the early 80s. In a clash of interest, drug dealers and the police conflict with one another,while the end of the military dictatorship in the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia takes place. The wanderings and tedium of a young rocker, who lived in a city still being built, are the backdrop for this story.