2019 film by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
Bacurau (Portuguese for 'nightjar'; [bɐkuˈɾaw]) is a 2019 surreal Weird Western film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. Starring Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, and Karine Teles, it revolves around the fictional small town of Bacurau, in the Brazilian sertão, that is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch Carmelita (Lia de Itamaracá) at the age of 94.
The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on 15 May, where it won the Jury Prize. It was theatrically released in Brazil on 29 August by Vitrine Filmes, and in France on 25 September by SBS Distribution.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.