''Brave New Land'' () is a 2000 Brazilian

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written and directed by

Lúcia Murat Lúcia Murat (born 1949) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Murat participated in the student and guerrilla movements against the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960–1970s. She was imprisoned and tortured by military agents; that experience exe ...

. The title comes from a line from the chorus refrain written by journalist

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for the

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. It depicts the conflicted relationship between Portuguese, Spanish and Indigenous in the 18th century.

Cast

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as Diogo de Castro e Albuquerque *

Floriano Peixoto Floriano Vieira Peixoto (; 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895) was a Brazilian military and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War and several other conflicts, and the second president of Brazil. Born in (today a district of the city of ...

as Captain Pedro * Luciana Rigueira as Ánote * Leonardo Villar as Commander * Buza Ferraz as Antônio * Murilo Grossi as Alfonso * Sérgio Mamberti as priest

Production

In the late 1980s, Murat knew the history about the conflict between Indigenous people and military in the New Coimbra Fort, a fort of the Western Military Command in the

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. 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 Bonito is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. As of 2020 its population was 22,190, and it has an area of . History The area that would become the center of the Municipality of Bonito started with the land of the ...

in 1999.

Reception

It was first screened at the 2000

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and ''

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'' reported it received praise from critics. However, Derek Elley from ''

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'' criticized it for its clichés, 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

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References

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*{{IMDb title, id=0263156, title=Brave New Land 2000 drama films 2000 films Brazilian drama films Films directed by Lúcia Murat Films set in Brazil Films set in the 18th century Indigenous cinema in Latin America 2000s Portuguese-language films 2000s Brazilian films