O Caçador de Esmeraldas

Name: O Caçador de Esmeraldas
Genre: Adventure
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jofre Soares, Glória Menezes, Roberto Bonfim

1979
1h 55m

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6.8/10

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Adventure

Mid 17th century Portugal, in a deep financial crisis, decided to extend Brazilian territory to the west, where it was believed that there was gold and precious stones to be discovered. Fern... Read allMid 17th century Portugal, in a deep financial crisis, decided to extend Brazilian territory to the west, where it was believed that there was gold and precious stones to be discovered. Fernão Dias Paes, a loyal servant of the metropolis, accepted the task of discovering the rich... Read allMid 17th century Portugal, in a deep financial crisis, decided to extend Brazilian territory to the west, where it was believed that there was gold and precious stones to be discovered. Fernão Dias Paes, a loyal servant of the metropolis, accepted the task of discovering the riches that would preserve the luxury of the Portuguese crown. Wealthy and already sixty-five ... Read all

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6.8/10

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7/10

Visually nice but with acritical scipt

The film is visually nice (quite good look of settlers and Indians, also in action), has good actors (Joffre Soares, Roberto Bonfim, Glória Menezes, Hérson Capri, Dionísio Azevedo...) and looks to Brazilian history, what is always promising. However, script is shallow. The recurrent idealization of greedy killers of Indians, the adventurers called "bandeirantes", in order to build a founding myth for São Paulo, has deep roots in that culture, and appears in this film. Joffre Soares was a charismatic competent actor, but I do not feel sorry for a rich man who sells his goods and separates himself from his family in order to serve the king by killing Indians in search for emeralds. Dom Fernão Dias Paes is neither a hero, nor a victim or a man to have empathy for. Perhaps concerned with censorship, there is perhaps a single critical quote in the whole movie, spoken by a minor character: "The king is sit on a golden throne, and Fernão Dias is killing people in order to give emeralds to a rich man.