Os Bandeirantes

Os Bandeirantes
Os Bandeirantes
Directed by	Marcel Camus[1]
Screenplay by	Marcel Camus; Rubem Braga; Louis Sapan;
Starring	Lourdes de Oliveira; Raymond Loyer; Elga Andersen; Léa Garcia;
Edited by	Andrée Feix
Music by	Gene Roland; Henri Crolla; Antoine Bonfanti
Release date	28 October 1960
Running time	109 minutes[2]
Countries	Brazil; France;
Language	Portuguese

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]

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

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.[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]

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.

External links

Os Bandeirantes IMDB

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[1] "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[2] "Os Bandeirantes". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[3] Larousse, Éditions. "Os bandeirantes - LAROUSSE". www.larousse.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-26.

[4] "Gold of the Amazon de Marcel Camus (1960) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 2023-05-26.

[tvguide-5] "Os Bandeirantes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[6] Loude, Jean-Yves (2008-10-01). Planète Brasilia (in French). Tertium éditions. ISBN 978-2-36848-069-4.

[7] Monaco, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-399-51604-7.

[8] Guides, Rough (2008-05-01). The Rough Guide to Film. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-84836-125-6.

[9] 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.