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João de Santo Cristo moves to Brasilia and becomes involved with drug trafficking. As he becomes more and more immersed in a life of crime, he falls in love and meets his greatest enemy.

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Zeba Blay Shadow and Act 03/28/2017
Westerns are often about good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, but here the struggle is deeper. Call it a reach, but by the end of the film, the sense isn't that João has been fighting not for what is right, but fighting for his right to personhood. Go to Full Review
Kip Mooney College Movie Review 08/31/2021
A-
There's real passion and intensity in this film. Go to Full Review
Jared Mobarak The Film Stage 06/23/2016
B
It's a ruthlessly violent modern-day Romeo and Juliet tale of romance and redemption. Go to Full Review
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FERNANDO K 03/16/2021 For those who like the music... it works nice and simple adaptation. See more 03/06/2017 Fatoeste cabloco is one of the most iconic music ever. This movie is wrong is so many ways that I could ever take half star out ever time I think about it. How come you painted joao de santo cristo a bad guy, he should be a victim of fate and not a natural born killer. listen to the music people. don't change what history wrote. So wrong in so many, many wrong ways. PS> I'm glad netflix let it on the USA for just two days. it would be shameful to have it one and throw this SHIT ONTO the FAN! See more 01/05/2014 tosquinho, mas impossivel não curtir de alguma forma. See more 12/21/2013 What a brilliant adaptation of one of the greatest brazilian's songs. "Faroeste Caboclo" perfectly creates the love, violence and drama of Legião Urbana's song and the story of Jeremias, Maria Lúcia e João de Santo Cristo is beautifully told on screen. The writers had to add a lot of stuff because the lyrics don't have enough content to make a film but these additions connected very well with the characters and their story. To sum up, it's very loyal to Renato Russo's composition and the performances are stunning, along with Sampaio's direction. See more Guilherme Z @GuiZahn 10/26/2013 Based on a popular "novel-song" of the 90's, it's quite an interesting "western-drugs-love" type of movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis João de Santo Cristo moves to Brasilia and becomes involved with drug trafficking. As he becomes more and more immersed in a life of crime, he falls in love and meets his greatest enemy.
Director
René Sampaio
Producer
Bianca De Felippes, Marcello Ludwig Maia, René Sampaio
Screenwriter
Victor Atherino, Marcos Bernstein, Renato Russo
Production Co
CineVox Entertainment, República Pureza Filmes, Globo Filmes, Lereby, Telecine, Europa Filmes
Genre
Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 48m
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