Rider DVD BFI 'Bacurau' Directors: Kleber Mendonca Filho

'Bacurau'  Directors: Kleber Mendonca Filho & Juliano Dornelles (2019)  Portuguese & English/English subtitles

She draws strength from the fantasies she invents to help her and her family in the real world

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When they lose communication she must struggle on through the hardships of war while not knowing what has become of him

Rider DVD BFI 'Bacurau' Directors: Kleber Mendonca Filho'The Rider' Director: Chloe Zhao (2018) Sensitively made film which uses non professional actors drawing on their experiences to form the characters and story. A young rodeo rider who has suffered a serious injury aspires to get back in the ring despite all the physical signs telling him that his time has passed. Those around him, in different ways, due to class and geography also live precarious lives. We see, in beautifully filmed scenes, how his