Antonio das Mortes

(1969)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 94 votes

Genres: Western

Year: 1969

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: Germany, Brazil

Director: Glauber Rocha

Cast: Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Отон Бастос, Jofre Soares, Lourival Pariz, Hugo Carvana, Rosa Maria Penna, Emmanuel Cavalcanti, Conceição Senna, Mário Gusmão

Plot

A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.