Bacurau - Characters & Cast

To honor her matriarch grandmother and protect her community's legacy.

She begins as an observer returning home from the city for her grandmother's funeral, bridging the gap between the audience and the bizarre reality of Bacurau, and eventually takes up arms alongside her people.

To heal and fiercely protect the physical and spiritual well-being of the villagers.

Initially seen as a bitter, drunken, and abrasive doctor who disrupts the funeral, she is later revealed to be fiercely protective of the town, stepping up as a sober, courageous leader during the siege.

Righteous vengeance against systemic oppressors and protecting their homeland.

Introduced as a mythic, wanted bandit hiding in a dam fortress. When the town is threatened, Lunga is called back, transforming from an exiled criminal into the savage, radical savior of Bacurau.

The thrill of the hunt, exerting dominance, and quenching a sociopathic thirst for blood.

Arrives as the cold, calculating leader of the foreign hunting party, driven by a psychopathic code. His hubris leads him to underestimate the villagers, ending in his capture and humiliating defeat.

Redemption through protecting his people and Teresa.

A former hitman whose violent exploits are famous on YouTube, he tries to live a peaceful life but is forced to embrace his deadly skills to organize the town's defense against the invaders.