Caingangue was a beautiful western, short in plot but incredibly unique in execution. This was a story of a young man who lost his father in an ambush, was attacked himself and left to die. He was found by a tribe of Caingangue indians who nursed him back to health and raised him. He assumed the name "Caingangue" in honour of the tribe that raised and trained him and set out to gun down the men responsible for his father's death.

Caingangue rides into town, attracts the attention of the bad guy land baron and his wife, stays with the rich undertaker, gets beaten up, outguns some bad guys and so on. Like I said, plot itself wasn't very original, but I would *love* to see it again. It borrowed heavily from Sergio Leone westerns, especially "A Fistful of Dollars", but it was filmed and set in the beautiful south of Brazil! I wish there had been more like it, it was an outrageous concept for its time. Bright, rich, almost cartoony, colours throughout, this was an interesting experience.

*(Feijoada Western--brazilian form of "Spaghetti Western", as Feijoada is the most typical brazilian food).

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In Mato Grosso, our hero Caingangue leads settlers against henchmen of Dr. Ribeiro, who seeks their land. Shootouts, alliances, and twists define this epic resistance. A unique Brazilian western saga filmed in Maracaju - MS.

Produções Cinematográficas R.F. Farias Ltda.

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