Bacurau

Bacurau is a 2019 Brazilian weird western film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. The film stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier and Bárbara Colen. The film revolves around Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, which is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch at the age of 94. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and won the Jury Prize.

Cast

 * Sônia Braga as Domingas
 * Udo Kier as Michael
 * Bárbara Colen as Teresa
 * Thomas Aquino as Pacote / Acacio
 * Silvero Pereira as Lunga
 * Thardelly Lima as Tony Jr.
 * Rubens Santos as Erivaldo
 * Wilson Rabelo as Plinio
 * Carlos Francisco as Damiano
 * Luciana Souza as Isa
 * Karine Teles as Foreigner
 * Julia Marie Peterson as Julia

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 7.69/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Formally thrilling and narratively daring, Bacurau draws on modern Brazilian sociopolitical concerns to deliver a hard-hitting, genre-blurring drama." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".