

Brazilian small-town murder mystery where everyone's sleeping with everyone else's cousin.
A series of murders begins to haunt Cordilheira, a small town near São Paulo, Brazil. The investigations show there is a love triangle involved.
Acting
Boldrin's weary detective face says everything the script doesn't.
Cinematography
São Paulo hinterlands never looked this oppressively humid.

Director
João Batista de Andrade
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's 1970s 'cinema marginal' movement, using genre tropes to smuggle social critique past military censors.
Boldrin was primarily a TV host; Andrade cast him against type, betting audiences wouldn't trust the nice guy.