
Quelé do Pajeú
Adventure · Drama · Western
Overview
A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.
Top Cast


Tarcísio Meira
Tarcísio Meira
Clemente Celidônio / Quelé
Tarcísio Meira
Clemente Celidônio / Quelé


Rossana Ghessa
Rossana Ghessa
Maria do Carmo
Rossana Ghessa
Maria do Carmo


Jece Valadão
Jece Valadão
Cesídio da Costa
Jece Valadão
Cesídio da Costa


Isabel Cristina
Isabel Cristina
Maria Rita
Isabel Cristina
Maria Rita


Sérgio Hingst
Sérgio Hingst
Priest
Sérgio Hingst
Priest
Luiz Alberto Meireles
Luiz Alberto Meireles
Lampião
Luiz Alberto Meireles
Lampião


Jorge Karan
Jorge Karan
Cangaceiro Zoroastro
Jorge Karan
Cangaceiro Zoroastro
Anita Esbano
Anita Esbano
Quelé's mother
Anita Esbano
Quelé's mother


Elizângela
Elizângela
Marizolina, irmã de Quelé
Elizângela
Marizolina, irmã de Quelé
Maurício Gracco
Maurício Gracco
Cangaceiro Josué
Maurício Gracco
Cangaceiro Josué
Similar Movies

In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees with her through the arid backcountry chased by the brigands.

Brazil, the 1920s. The sadistic colonel Minas massacres the hometown of a famous cangaceiro (a kind of revolutionary bandit). The only survivor is a young farmer called Espedito; he is nursed back to health by a hermit who thinks he has been sent by God and therefore baptizes him the Redeemer. Espedito/The Redeemer forms his own gang of cangaceiros but doesn’t really understand what he’s doing until he befriends the proverbial European intellectual, a Dutch Oil prospector, who introduces him to important people. Espedito is hired by the Dutchman and a corrupt local governor, but then the Dutchman changes sides …

This is a remake of Brazil's first international success in the cinema world. Just as its same name predecessor was, this film is a fictional version of the story of the "cangaceiros." These were bandits who sacked towns and spread terror throughout Northeastern Brazil in the 1930s. This group of outlaws is led by Captain Galdino and his wife Maria Bonita.

After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that bloody time, Fabiano, a quiet boy, becomes a cangaceiro and is attacked by the police. Although wounded, he manages to take refuge on a farm where he is hidden in by Lúcia, the farmer's daughter, with whom he falls in love.

The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and outlaws movement. Interspersed with testimonials, authentic sequences of films made in 1936 by Benjamin Abraham, an Arab peddler who managed to film the famous band of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, the "Lampião".













