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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| image = Brave New Land.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Lcia Murat

| producer = Cristina Ach
Lcia Murat

| writer = Lcia Murat

| starring = Diogo Infante
Floriano Peixoto
Luciana Rigueira
Leonardo Villar

| music = Livio Trachtenberg

| cinematography = Antonio Luiz Mendes

| editing = Cezar Migliorin
Mair Tavares

| studio = Taiga Filmes

| distributor = Riofilme

| released =

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

| budget = R$1.4 million

| gross = R$102,507

}}

'Brave New Land' is a 2000 Brazilian drama film written and directed by Lcia Murat. The title comes from a line from the chorus refrain written by journalist Evaristo da Veiga for the Brazilian Independence Anthem. It depicts the conflicted relationship between Portuguese, Spanish and Indigenous in the 18th century.

Cast



* Diogo Infante as Diogo de Castro e Albuquerque

* Floriano Peixoto as Captain Pedro

* Luciana Rigueira as note

* Leonardo Villar as Commander

* Buza Ferraz as Antnio

* Murilo Grossi as Alfonso

* Srgio Mamberti as priest

Production



In the late 1980s, Murat knew the history about the conflict between Indigenous people and military in the Forte Coimbra, a fort of the Western Military Command in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul. And, in 1997, when a producer asked her about the planning of any film she remembered the story. She first visited the Kadiweu people in April 1997, and the shooting took place in seven weeks in a set in Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1999.

Reception



It was first screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and 'O Estado de S. Paulo' reported it received praise from critics. However, Derek Elley from 'Variety' criticized it for its clichs, calling it "solidly conventional behind its verismo front". Elley said "Budgetary constraints hamper what little drama is happening onscreen, and only actor to make much of an impression is Leonardo Villar as the fort's gnarled, pragmatic commander." In spite of it, the film won Best Actress Award (Rigueira) and Best Score Award at the Festival de Braslia.

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