Killers of the Flower Moon, new film by Martin Scorsese, premieres in Brazilian cinemas

Flower Moon Assassins(Killers of the Flower Moonin the original), new film by Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) starring Leonardo DiCaprio (The Return), arrives in Brazilian cinemas starting this Thursday, October 19th, distributed by Paramount Pictures Brasil.

Based on the book Flower Moon Killers: Oil, Death and the Origin of the FBIin David Grannthe film is set in Oklahoma, in the United States, in the 1920s, and portrays the serial murder of members of the Osage Indian tribe amid the search for oil in the region they lived in.

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During this period, which became known as the Reign of Terror, we met Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio), who moves to Osage County to live and work with his uncle, William Hale (Robert De Niro), better known as Bill or King.

He gets a job as a taxi driver and soon falls in love with Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), member of one of the richest families in the Osage tribe, but which quickly begins to be dismantled by the terrible murders, which haunt her every day with the possibility of being the next victim.

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Ernestthen, finds himself torn between the love he feels for Molliewith whom he ends up marrying and forming a family, and loyalty to his uncle, an apparently good man who is allied with the Osage and their struggle, but who doesn’t care who he needs to overthrow in order to become increasingly rich and powerful.

In addition to DiCaprio, De Niro and Gladstone, the cast of Flower Moon Assassins still has Brendan Fraser (The whale), Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad), Dear Jade Myers (The presence), Lily Gladstone (Certain Women), Tanoo Cardinal (Dance with wolves), JaNae Collins (Reservation Dogs) It is Jillian Dion (Legion). Watch the trailer: