Boi de Prata

Boi de Prata

1981•1h 28m•5.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(1)

Somewhere in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside, Brazil, the wealthy farmer Elói Dantas (Álvaro Guimarães) decides to increase his patrimony even further by exploiting ores. To do this, he tries to appropriate the small site of Antônio Vaqueiro (José Marinho). Desperate, Antônio rushes to the aid of the gypsy healer Maria dos Remédios (Luiza Maranhão) and the poet and dreamer Tião Poeta (Lenicio Queirogo) to face the greed of Elói.

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Production

Embrafilme S/A, Cine TV Audio Visual, Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte

Language

PT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lenicio Queiroga

Lenicio Queiroga

Tião Poeta

José Marinho

José Marinho

Antônio Vaqueiro

Luiza Maranhão

Luiza Maranhão

Maria dos Remédios

Álvaro Guimarães

Elói Dantas

Fátima Barreto

Aurino Abreu

Núbia Albuquerque

Florisbaldo Bezerra

Marcelo Fernandes

João Gaspar

Simone Gouvea

Mestre Pedro Guajiru

Ilike

Amaro Lima

Paulo Lira

Jaime Lúcio

Sanin Cherques

Luciano Moraes

Paulo Paquetá

Mário Richter

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