Brazilian Western
| Brazilian Western | |
|---|---|
| Faroeste Caboclo | |
| Directed by | René Sampaio |
| Screenplay by | Victor Atherino Marcos Bernstein José Carvalho |
| Based on | "Faroeste Caboclo" by Legião Urbana |
| Produced by | Daniel Filho |
| Starring | Fabrício Boliveira Isis Valverde |
| Cinematography | Gustavo Hadba |
| Edited by | Márcio Hashimoto Soares |
Production companies | Gávea Filmes Globo Filmes |
| Distributed by | Europa Filmes |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Brazilian Portuguese |
| Budget | R$6 million ($2.4 million) |
| Box office | $7,415,529 |
Brazilian Western (Portuguese: Faroeste Caboclo) is a 2013 Brazilian crime drama film directed and produced by René Sampaio, starring Fabrício Boliveira, Isis Valverde and César Troncoso.
It is based on the popular 9-minutes-long Brazilian song "Faroeste Caboclo", released by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana in their 1987 Que País É Este album. Shootings for the film took place primarily in the Brazilian Central-West region, in Cidade Ocidental, Goiás.
The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.