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| Directed by | Marcel Camus |
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| Edited by | Andrée Feix |
| Music by | Gene Roland Henri Crolla Antoine Bonfanti |
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| Running time | 109 minutes |
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| Language | Portuguese |
Os Bandeirantes (English: The Pioneers) is a black-and-white 1960 French-Brazilian adventure film directed by Marcel Camus. The film is also known in English as Gold of the Amazon.
Plot
In Brazil, a French diamond miner is shot, robbed, and left for dead by a supposed friend. He sets out on a mission of revenge, but along the way falls in love with a Brazilian woman.
Cast
- Raymond Loyer as Jean
- Lourdes de Oliveira as Suzana
- Elga Andersen as Elga
- Léa Garcia as Hermina
- Almiro do Esperito Santo as Baija-Flora
- John Reich as Curd
Production
The film was partially shot in Brasília.
Reception
The film was rather well received but not as well as Camus's precedent Brazilian film, Black Orpheus. Camus's other Brazilian film would be Bahia, in 1976.
References
- "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- "Os Bandeirantes". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- Larousse, Éditions. "Os bandeirantes - LAROUSSE". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- "Gold of the Amazon de Marcel Camus (1960) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- Loude, Jean-Yves (2008-10-01). Planète Brasilia (in French). Tertium éditions. ISBN 978-2-36848-069-4.
- Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.
- Guides, Rough (2008-05-01). The Rough Guide to Film. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-84836-125-6.
- 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.