The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

    The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

    8/10
    2h7min
    2023Drama

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    Riobaldo, a jagunço in the Brazilian backlands, juggles his love for Diadorim with a crisis of faith amid endemic conflicts.

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    Bia Lessa's adaptation of Guimarães Rosa's "Grande Sertão: Veredas", the film follows the jagunço Riobaldo and his love story for Diadorim, when his faith is questioned amid conflicts in the Brazilian backlands.

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