Os Bandeirantes

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Os Bandeirantes
Directed by Marcel Camus [1]
Screenplay by
Starring
Edited byAndrée Feix
Music by Gene 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]

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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]

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