Xingu (2012)

Directed by

Cao Hamburger

Genre

drama film, docudrama

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1943 three brothers from Brazil join a government expedition to open up the country's remote interior. The film follows their journey into the Amazon and their efforts to protect the indigenous people they encounter there.

historicalepicsweepingbrotherlyimmersivereflectivebiographicaladventurous

What happens

Xingu is a 2011 Brazilian drama film directed by Cao Hamburger and scripted by him, Elena Soárez and Anna Muylaert. Starring João Miguel, Felipe Camargo and Caio Blat, the film tells the Villas-Bôas brothers trajectory from the moment in which they joined the Roncador-Xingu expedition, part of the Westward March of Getúlio Vargas, in 1943. It was shot in Tocantins, Xingu National Park, and in the Greater São Paulo. The film was exhibited for the first time in 2011, at the 8th Amazonas Film Festival. The official premiere took place on April 6, 2012. The film was watched by about 370,000 spectators and has raised more than four million reals in box office. A television adaptation in four episodes was aired on Rede Globo between 25 and December 28, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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