By skyforbes After the success of a couple of new movies in BR national cinema (I'm still here, Secret Agent), i decided to watch bacural. It was awesome, and i think the period it came out didn't allow it to be as popular as it should.
I don't think the comments about the movie being this big political analogy really understand the movie. Most people shown in the movie are cartoonish and simplistic. The movie itself plays with a racist stereotype of northeastern ancertral banditry culture.
There are a few clues showing that the world of bacural is some hyper-violent dystopia like "the purge". So even if the cartoonish characters show real-life racist views, i don't think that's the movie's point.
Bacurau is simply making fun of the contrasts between Hollywood movies and Brazillian national movies. It gets some baddies from "rich people do a human safari" movies and puts them in a "northeast is pure suffering" movie setting with tarantino levels of violence.
I think the element that shows this contrast the most is how nudity is depicted in the movie. The bacuralian nudity is casual, they get naked simply because it's hot outside, while the baddies' sex scene is nearly completely hidden by lighting and clothes. They even verbally comment how weird that is.
Thats not a culture thing, surely people in florida walk naked(or in underwear) in their homes when it's hot outside. Its a critique on US cinema, where it's normal to see someone's head get blown up but nudity is this sacred boundary few people cross.
Now, there's a catch. Seeing US foreigners being the baddies and being blown appart in your country IS super cathartic. Mostly because 95% of action movies and games out there are about the exact opposite. So lots of audiences out there won't get the same feeling, which is a shame.