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Savagery

original title:

Selvajaria

directed by:

Miguel Gomes

screenplay:

from the book "Rebellion in the Backlands" by Euclides da Cunha

production:

Uma Pedra No Sapato, Bubbles Project, Matizar Filmes, Vivo Film, Shellac Sud, Les Films à Un Dollar, Lemming Film, X Stream Pictures, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Eurimages

world sales:

LuxBox [France]

country:

Portugal/Brazil/France/Italy/Netherland/China

year:

2027

format:

colour

status:

Development/Pre-production (20/05/2026)

A chronicle of a bloody war that pitted the inhabitants of the hamlet of Canudos, led by their prophet, against the army of the young Brazilian Republic in 1897.