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Director:
Beto Brant
Writers:
Marçal Aquino (screenplay)
Marçal Aquino (story)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
A ética na terra de ninguém
Plot:
Two hit men, a veteran and a beginner, chatter in a bar on Brazil-Paraguai border, while waiting for their victim to appear. | add synopsis
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Awards:
10 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Chico Díaz ... Múcio
Murilo Benício ... Toninho
Wolney de Assis ... Alfredão
Maria Padilha ... Helena
Adriano Stuart ... Chefão
Stênio Garcia ... Duão
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Jason Verga ... Supporting Actor
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Directed by
Beto Brant 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Marçal Aquino  screenplay
Marçal Aquino  story
Fernando Bonassi  writer
Beto Brant  writer
Victor Nabas  writer
Victor Navas  writer

Produced by
Beto Brant .... producer
Renato Bulcão .... producer
 
Original Music by
André Abujamra 
 
Cinematography by
Marcelo Durst 
 
Film Editing by
Willem Dias 
 
Production Design by
Tulé Peak 
 
Costume Design by
Sandra Fukelman 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Otávio de Santi .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Peter S. Carlstedt .... sound re-recording mixer (as Peter Carlstedt)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Duran .... assistant camera
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Belly Up (USA)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Brazil:12
Filming Locations:
Brazil more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
No Man's Land...In the Badlands!, 29 July 2003
10/10
Author: Daniel Vargas (BritishGangsterTimRoth) from São Paulo, Brazil

A tense and exciting trip to a Brazil run for guns for hire. In roadside bar in a border town between Brazil and Paraguay, two killers, the young Toninho, a car thief and rather a wide-boy, and the veteran Alfredão, an old style gun slinger with his own code of ethics, await the arrival of the man to be eliminated. While they wait, they tell stories of the region's most celebrated killer and his involvement with the wife of a powerful landowner.

With the use of dramatic flash backs. the film lends a modern aspect to a rural environment where guns and money dictate the law. "Os Matadores(Belly Up)" confirms the talent already demonstrated in Director Beto Brant's short lengh films. Winner of prizes for direction, photography, editing and the Critics Award at the 1997 Gramado Film Festival.

This is really a stylish brazilian gangster movie with a lot of energy. "Os Matadores (Belly Up)" runs through the genre cliches in the amusingly unexpected setting of the Brazil-Paraguay border. Directing his first feature, Beto Brant shows his power and a talent for using camera and editing to keep the story loping along.

One of the greatest crime movies of the 90's!

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