Os Bandeirantes

Os Bandeirantes
Directed byMarcel Camus[1]
Screenplay by
Starring
Edited byAndrée Feix
Music byGene Roland
Henri Crolla
Antoine Bonfanti
Release date
  • 28 October 1960 (1960-10-28)
Running time
109 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
LanguagePortuguese

Os Bandeirantes (English: The Pioneers) is a black-and-white[3] 1960 French-Brazilian adventure film directed by Marcel Camus. The film is also known in English as Gold of the Amazon.[4]

Plot

In Brazil, a French diamond miner is shot, robbed, and left for dead by a supposed friend.[5] He sets out on a mission of revenge, but along the way falls in love with a Brazilian woman.[5]

Cast

Production

The film was partially shot in Brasília.[6]

Reception

The film was rather well received but not as well as Camus's precedent Brazilian film, Black Orpheus.[7][8] Camus's other Brazilian film would be Bahia, in 1976.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Os Bandeirantes". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ Larousse, Éditions. "Os bandeirantes - LAROUSSE". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "Gold of the Amazon de Marcel Camus (1960) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  5. ^ a b "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  6. ^ Loude, Jean-Yves (2008-10-01). Planète Brasilia (in French). Tertium éditions. ISBN 978-2-36848-069-4.
  7. ^ Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.
  8. ^ Guides, Rough (2008-05-01). The Rough Guide to Film. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-84836-125-6.
  9. ^ Wood, Naomi Pueo (2014-02-21). Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media: Culture, Politics, and Nationalism on the World Stage. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8692-3.