Boi de Prata

Sep 26, 1981

1h 28m

★ 5.0

Overview

Somewhere in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside, Brazil, the wealthy farmer Elói Dantas (Álvaro Guimarães) decides to increase his patrimony even further by exploiting ores. To do this, he tries to appropriate the small site of Antônio Vaqueiro (José Marinho). Desperate, Antônio rushes to the aid of the gypsy healer Maria dos Remédios (Luiza Maranhão) and the poet and dreamer Tião Poeta (Lenicio Queirogo) to face the greed of Elói.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Embrafilme

Cine TV Audio Visual

Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Boi de Prata Trailers

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Cast

Tião Poeta

Lenicio Queiroga

Antônio Vaqueiro

José Marinho

Maria dos Remédios

Luiza Maranhão

Elói Dantas

Álvaro Guimarães

Fátima Barreto

Aurino Abreu

Núbia Albuquerque

Florisbaldo Bezerra

Marcelo Fernandes

João Gaspar

Simone Gouvea

Mestre Pedro Guajiru

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