219 - Bacurau

Eavesdropping at the Movies · Mar 31, 2020 · 34m

A political parable, satire, thriller, high-concept actioner, horror, and Western all at once, 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winner Bacurau is a wild experience and well worth your time. Set in a tiny, remote village in a near-future Brazil, we're given a portrait of life within an open, tolerant community under the thumb of a distant but powerful mayor, and shortly after the funeral of one of the town's elders, things start going awry. To say more would be to spoil the surprises, and we encourage you to check the film out knowing as little as possible. As a fable, it's a potent piece of work -…