O Matador
Available on Netflix
In THE KILLER, a baby boy is found by a hired assassin named Seven Ears in the wilds of the Perambuco region of Brazil in 1910, abandoned by his peasant parents to be eaten by wild animals because they couldn't afford to take care of him. Seven Ears raises the boy, and teaches him how to hunt, shoot, and kill. Then one day Seven Ears disappears, and the boy, now older (Diogo Morgado), must venture into the world to find Seven Ears. Instead, the young man meets Monsieur Blanchard, the tyrannical and murderous wealthy landowner of the region, who hires the young man -- who now goes by Cabileira after a childhood hero from a book he read -- to murder landowning farmers who won't sell their land to Monsieur Blanchard. Meanwhile, the countryside is also ravaged by "Monkeys," former soldiers who loot and steal anything they can get, and a vigilante named Sobral emerges to fight them and to fight for justice. As Cabileira blindly fights for Blanchard, he begins to question the world around him, especially when he discovers what happened to Seven Ears. Now, Cabileira must learn to fight and kill not just for the sake of money, but also to avenge the evil plaguing the region.
Starring Diogo Morgado, Deto Montenegro, Nill Marcondes
Director Marcelo Galvão