Os Bandeirantes (English: The Pioneers) is a black-and-white 1960 French-Brazilian adventure film directed by Marcel Camus. The film is also known in English as Gold of the Amazon.
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Plot
In Brazil, a French diamond miner is shot, robbed, and left for dead by a supposed friend. He sets out on a mission of revenge, but along the way falls in love with a Brazilian woman.
Cast
Raymond Loyer as Jean
Lourdes de Oliveira as Suzana
Elga Andersen as Elga
Léa Garcia as Hermina
Almiro do Esperito Santo as Baija-Flora
John Reich as Curd
Production
The film was partially shot in Brasília, Canindé-Ceará, Fortaleza, Belém and Salvador .
Reception
The film was rather well received but not as well as Camus's precedent Brazilian film, Black Orpheus. Camus's other Brazilian film would be Bahia, in 1976.