Great Sertão

Jun 6, 2024

1h 54m

★ 7.1

Overview

In the concrete jungles of lawless futuristic Brazil, enemies spout slam poetry in duels as their movements remind us of parkour. The adrenaline rush breaks into three timelines: the past introduces teenager Riobaldo and handsome Diadorim, the present depicts a bloody clash and reveals sexual identities, and the future exposes Riobaldo’s deal with the devil.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paranoid

Globo Filmes

Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

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Cast

Riobaldo

Caio Blat

Diadorim

Luisa Arraes

Joca Ramiro

Rodrigo Lombardi

Hermógenes

Eduardo Sterblitch

Zé Bebelo

Luis Miranda

Otacília

Mariana Nunes

Nhorinhá

Luellem de Castro

Tito

Wj

Nefasto

Izak Dahora

Tiguera

Reinaldo Junior

Suzarte

Lucas Oranmian

Albino

Gustavo Falcão

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