MSP Film Presents Virtual Cinema!
Though our daily in-house cinema programming is temporarily suspended and the 2020 MSPIFF disrupted for now, we are busy looking for creative ways to bring film viewing opportunities to you, our amazing members and patrons!
We are partnering with independent distributor Kino Lorber to bring a brave new alternative online experience to film fans in our community for home viewing!
Your purchase will directly support MSP Film as we reassess, plan for the future, and uphold our commitment to bringing our community together through the very best in international independent cinema. Thank you. We do it for you and couldn't do it without you.
Details to watch Bacurau:
For $12*, the distributor Kino Lorber will make the movie viewable at the web link provided above.
- Click the button "Screen for $12.00" and create a login/id for a secure viewing session on Kino Now.
- Complete the purchase.
- You will have instant access to the film for 5 days from the moment of your purchase.
For support/service email contact@kinonow.com
*Please note this arrangement with Kino Lorber — in these especially unprecedented times — means we’re unable to offer member pricing.
About the Film:
A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants one by one. A fierce confrontation takes place when the townspeople turn the tables on the villainous outsiders, banding together by any means necessary to protect and maintain their remote community. The mercenaries just may have met their match in the fed-up, resourceful denizens of little Bacurau.
Watch a Q&A with the directors and actor Udo Kier.
Press
"Exhilarating... Part of what's exciting is how the filmmakers marshal genre in the service of their ideas, using film form to deflect, tease and surprise." - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
"It crams elements of the western, John Carpenter-y beats, mordant wit and peppery political commentary into one hugely entertaining modern exploitation flick." - TIME OUT
"Prepare to be amazed." - London Evening Standard
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