The Assailant

Oct 30, 2009

1h 34m

★ 6.0

Overview

Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.

Genres

Drama

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Globo Filmes

Mixer Films

TeleImage

Miravista

Rt2a Produções Cinematográficas

The Assailant Trailers

Cast

Besouro

Aílton Carmo

Dinorá / Iansã

Jéssica Barbosa

Quero-Quero

Ânderson Santos de Jesus

Coronel Venâncio

Flávio Rocha

Noca de Antonia

Irandhir Santos

Genival

Servílio de Holanda

Chico Canoa

Leno Sacramento

Cobra Criada

Nilton Souza Junior

Mestre Alípio

Macalé

Exu

Sérgio Laurentino

Teresa

Cris Vianna

Zulmira

Geyisa Costa

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