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* Irony: Joshua gloats that he and the hunting party only use vintage firearms to hunt. But the guns that [[spoiler: the people of Bacurau use to fight back]] are even older.

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: Joshua gloats that he and the hunting party only use vintage firearms to hunt. But the guns that [[spoiler: the people of Bacurau use to fight back]] are even older.older.
* OhCrap: One of the "tourists" searches through the town museum, seeing a room entirely filled with animal traps and pictures of people holding guns... [[spoiler: then enters the next room, where there's a completely blank wall only faintly showing the sunbleached outlines of a WallOfWeapons.]]
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A partnership from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius) and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Karine Teles, Antonio Saboia, Lia de Itamaracá and Wilson Rabelo, among other non-brazilian actors.

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A partnership from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius) and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Karine Teles, Antonio Saboia, Lia de Itamaracá and Wilson Rabelo, among other non-brazilian non-Brazilian actors.

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Bacurau is a 2019 Brazilian western film that takes place in a fictional small village in the northeastern region of Brazil. The story follows Bacurau's habitants, their everyday struggles and how they react when a group of outsiders come to their village and disrupt their lives.

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Bacurau ''Bacurau'' (also known as ''Nighthawk'') is a 2019 Brazilian western film that takes place in a fictional small village in the northeastern region of Brazil. The story follows Bacurau's habitants, their everyday struggles and how they react when a group of outsiders come to their village and disrupt their lives.
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* TheAlcoholic: Invoked with Domingas. She's first shown drunk enough to rant about Carmelita's funeral, but after Teresa points out how she can be different when she's sober, we never see her drinking or under the effect again
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The biker couple. Not only did they kill two locals to protect the hunting party's secret, but they also showed nothing but contempt towards Bacurau and its people, so it's hard to feel sorry for them when they're given the same treatment by the American hunters and then killed by them]].

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* TheAlcoholic: Invoked with Domingas. She's first shown drunk enough to rant about Carmelita's funeral, but after Teresa points out how she can be different when she's sober, we never see her drinking or under the effect again
again.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The biker couple. Not only did they kill two locals to protect the hunting party's secret, but they also showed nothing but contempt towards Bacurau and its people, so it's hard to feel sorry for them when they're given the same treatment by the American hunters and then killed by them]].



* AxCrazy: While being willing to hunt and kill other human beings and see a faraway foreign village as expendable and "savage" is a very wrong thing, Joshua and Julie are a little too happy about it and treat the whole deal almost as if they were playing video games.

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* AxCrazy: While being willing to hunt and kill other human beings and see seeing a faraway foreign village as expendable and "savage" is already a very wrong thing, Joshua and Julie Julia are a little too happy about it and treat the whole deal almost as if they were playing video games.



* BloodKnight: Joshua and possibly, Julia

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* BloodKnight: Joshua Joshua, and possibly, Juliapossibly Julia.



* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.

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* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask asks the southern Southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish Spanish words.



* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers [[spoiler:kill Flavio and Maciel]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Michael, despite being a hunter of other human beings, states that he doesn't kill women. Terry comes across as this, when he points out that Joshua killed an unarmed boy, but ultimately it's a subversion, when he revealed that, after his divorce, he actually thought about killing his ex-wife

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* CurseCutShort: When the southern Southern bikers [[spoiler:kill Flavio and Maciel]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Michael, despite being a hunter of other human beings, states that he doesn't kill women. Terry comes across as this, when he points out that Joshua killed an unarmed boy, but ultimately it's a subversion, when he revealed that, after his divorce, he actually thought about killing his ex-wifeex-wife.



* RedBaron: DJ Urso, a Pancada do Araripe (DJ Bear, Araripe's Hit)
* SleazyPolitician: Tony Junior, Serra Verde's Mayor. [[spoiler:Made worse when we find out that he was the one who made a deal with Michael and co. to hunt down the inhabitants of Bacurau]]
* ThatManIsDead: Acácio tries to put his past as "Pacote", an accomplished killer, behind him, but when he asked for Lunga's help, Lunga promptly asked him if he "would be Pacote once again"
* TheUnreveal: We never find out who [[spoiler: is coordinating the game the foreign hunters are playing]]

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* RedBaron: DJ Urso, a Pancada do Araripe (DJ Bear, Araripe's Hit)
Hit).
* SleazyPolitician: Tony Junior, Serra Verde's Mayor. [[spoiler:Made worse when we find out that he was the one who made a deal with Michael and co. to hunt down the inhabitants of Bacurau]]
Bacurau]].
* ThatManIsDead: Acácio tries to put his past as "Pacote", an accomplished killer, behind him, but when he asked for Lunga's help, Lunga promptly asked him if he "would be Pacote once again"
again".
* TheUnreveal: We never find out who [[spoiler: is [[spoiler:is coordinating the game the foreign hunters are playing]]playing (though both Michael and Tony Junior hint that whoever is behind the hunt game will come after Bacurau and its people once they find out about the execution of the foreign hunters)]].



* WouldHurtAChild: Joshua

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* WouldHurtAChild: Joshua
Joshua.
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* CompleteMonster: Joshua. While some of his partners show some degree of constraint, he's always eager to kill someone, and has no redeeming qualities at all
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The biker couple. Not only they killed two locals to protect the hunting party's secret, but they also showed nothing but contempt towards Bacurau and its people]]
* AuthorTract: As most of Kleber Mendonça Filho's films, this one carries a series of left-wing messages about social disparities, insatisfaction with corrupt politicians, xenophobia (inside and outside of Brazil)

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The biker couple. Not only did they killed kill two locals to protect the hunting party's secret, but they also showed nothing but contempt towards Bacurau and its people]]
people, so it's hard to feel sorry for them when they're given the same treatment by the American hunters and then killed by them]].
* AuthorTract: As most of Kleber Mendonça Filho's films, this one carries a series of left-wing messages about social disparities, insatisfaction with corrupt politicians, politicians and xenophobia (inside and outside of Brazil)Brazil).



* BOOMHeadshot: How Damiano uses a bacamarte to blow Willy's head off.

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* BOOMHeadshot: How Damiano uses a bacamarte to [[spoiler:to blow Willy's head off.off]].



* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers kill Flavio and Maciel.

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* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers kill [[spoiler:kill Flavio and Maciel.Maciel]].



* ThatManisDead: Acácio tries to put his past as "Pacote", an accomplished killer, behind him, but when he asked Lunga's help, Lunga promptly asked him if he "would be Pacote once again"

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* ThatManisDead: ThatManIsDead: Acácio tries to put his past as "Pacote", an accomplished killer, behind him, but when he asked for Lunga's help, Lunga promptly asked him if he "would be Pacote once again"



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau. While he is regarded as a criminal outside of Bacurau, the people inside the village not only holds him in high regard, but also greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives when Pacote begs for his help. This case also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reform.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau. While he is he's regarded as a criminal outside of Bacurau, the people inside the village not only holds hold him in high regard, but also greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives when Pacote begs for his help. This case also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reform.
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* TheCapitalOfBrazilisBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.

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* TheCapitalOfBrazilisBuenosAires: TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.
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* TheCapitalofBrazilisBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.

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* TheCapitalofBrazilisBuenosAires: TheCapitalOfBrazilisBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.



* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Jake immediately take off their clothes and start having sex after killing a runaway couple out of excitement.

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* GladtoBeAliveSex: GladToBeAliveSex: Julia and Jake immediately take off their clothes and start having sex after killing a runaway couple out of excitement.
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* Irony: Joshua gloats that he and the hunting party only use vintage firearms to hunt. But the guns that [[spoiler: the people of Bacurau use to fight back]] are even older.
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* TheCapitalofBrazilisBuenosAires: Michael is guilty of stereotyping Brazil to the point of too being too stereotypical himself. First, he ask the southern bikers "not to speak Brazilian". And when he tries to speak to Domingas, he uses "hombre" and "mujer", which are spanish words.
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* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers kill Maciel and his friend.

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* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers kill Maciel Flavio and his friend.Maciel.

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* CoolOldLady: Domingas

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* CoolOldLady: DomingasDomingas.
* CurseCutShort: When the southern bikers kill Maciel and his friend.



* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Jake immediately take off their clothes and start having sex after killing a runaway couple out of excitement

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* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Jake immediately take off their clothes and start having sex after killing a runaway couple out of excitementexcitement.
* PosthumousCharacter: Carmelita.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Plínio and Domingas, due to their age and knowledge, act as informal leaders of Bacurau. It's hinted that Carmelita might have been a person of some authority too.
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* BOOMHeadshot: How Damiano uses a bacamarte to blow Willy's head off.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At first, we're led to believe that Domingas would be a religious zealot, due to her drunken ranting during Carmelita's funeral. Later on, she apologizes to Plínio, her son, and shows a more leveled, caring side of hers that sticks throughout the rest of the film. Teresa even lampshades it, saying that she's a sweetie when she's not drunk.

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* BaitAndSwitch: At first, we're led to believe that Domingas would be a religious zealot, due to her drunken ranting during Carmelita's funeral. Later on, she apologizes to Plínio, her Carmelita's son, in front of the whole village, while explaining why the medicine brought by the mayor is very dangerous and should be ignored, and shows a more leveled, caring side of hers that sticks throughout the rest of the film. Teresa even lampshades it, saying that she's a sweetie when she's not drunk.
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* AxCrazy: While being willing to hunt and kill other human beings and see a faraway foreign village as expendable and "savage" is a very wrong thing, Joshua and Julie are a little too happy about it and treat the whole deal almost as if they were playing video games.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in high regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives. It also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reform

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau. While he is regarded as a criminal outside of Bacurau, which the people inside the village not only holds him in high regard, but also greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives. It arrives when Pacote begs for his help. This case also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reformreform.

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* TheAlcoholic: Invoked with Domingas. She's first shown drunk enough to rant about Carmelita's funeral, but after Teresa points out how she can be different when she's sober, we never see her drinking or under the effect again



* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Bob immediately take off their clothes after killing a runaway couple out of excitement

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* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Bob Jake immediately take off their clothes and start having sex after killing a runaway couple out of excitement
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* WouldHurtAChild: Joshua

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* WouldHurtAChild: JoshuaJoshua

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->''"Maria": People born in Bacurau is called what?''
->''Horácio: People!''
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in high regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives. It also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reform

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in high regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives. It also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reformreform
* WouldHurtAChild: Joshua
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->''"We are under the effect of a very powerful psychotropic. You will die!"''

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->''"We are under the effect ->''"Good afternoon, my friends of a very powerful psychotropic. You will die!"''
Bacurau!"''
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->''"We are under the effect of a very powerful psychotropic. You will die!"''
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in good regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in good high regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrivesarrives. It also applies to Pacote, to some extent, as he's trying to reform
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* TheUnreveal: We never find out who [[spoiler: is coordinating the game the foreign hunters are playing]]

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* TheUnreveal: We never find out who [[spoiler: is coordinating the game the foreign hunters are playing]]playing]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted with Lunga. He is a criminal, but never acted against the people of Bacurau, which holds him in good regard, greet him and his gang with open arms with food and follow his lead as soon as he arrives
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The biker couple. Not only they killed two locals to protect the hunting party's secret, but they also showed nothing but contempt towards Bacurau and its people]]


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* BloodKnight: Joshua and possibly, Julia
* CompleteMonster: Joshua. While some of his partners show some degree of constraint, he's always eager to kill someone, and has no redeeming qualities at all


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Michael, despite being a hunter of other human beings, states that he doesn't kill women. Terry comes across as this, when he points out that Joshua killed an unarmed boy, but ultimately it's a subversion, when he revealed that, after his divorce, he actually thought about killing his ex-wife
* GladtoBeAliveSex: Julia and Bob immediately take off their clothes after killing a runaway couple out of excitement
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* BaitAndSwitch: At first, we're led to believe that Domingas would be a religious zealot, due to her drunken ranting during Carmelita's funeral. Later on, she apologizes to Plínio, her son, and shows a more leveled, caring side of hers that sticks throughout the rest of the film. Teresa even lampshades it, saying that she's a sweetie when she's not drunk.
* CoolOldLady: Domingas


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* ThatManisDead: Acácio tries to put his past as "Pacote", an accomplished killer, behind him, but when he asked Lunga's help, Lunga promptly asked him if he "would be Pacote once again"
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A partnership from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius) and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino

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A partnership from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius) and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino
Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Karine Teles, Antonio Saboia, Lia de Itamaracá and Wilson Rabelo, among other non-brazilian actors.
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Bacurau is a 2019 Brazilian western film that takes place in a fictional small village in the northeastern region of Brazil. The story follows Bacurau's habitants, their everyday struggles and how they react when a group of outsiders come to their village and disrupt their lives.

A partnership from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds, Aquarius) and Juliano Dornelles, starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Thomas Aquino

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!!Bacurau provides examples of:

* AuthorTract: As most of Kleber Mendonça Filho's films, this one carries a series of left-wing messages about social disparities, insatisfaction with corrupt politicians, xenophobia (inside and outside of Brazil)
* RedBaron: DJ Urso, a Pancada do Araripe (DJ Bear, Araripe's Hit)
* SleazyPolitician: Tony Junior, Serra Verde's Mayor. [[spoiler:Made worse when we find out that he was the one who made a deal with Michael and co. to hunt down the inhabitants of Bacurau]]
* TheUnreveal: We never find out who [[spoiler: is coordinating the game the foreign hunters are playing]]

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