Rifle

Rifle

2017 · 88 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Western

Dione is a mysterious young man living with a family in a rural and remote place in the southern Brazilian plains. The quietness of the region is disturbed when a rich landowner tries to buy the small property where Dione and the family live.

Directed by Davi Pretto · Written by Richard Tavares

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