Production is based on the book A Número Um, by Raquel de Oliveira, and stars actress and singer Maria Bomani, from the soap opera Amor de Mãe
Bandit: Number Onenew feature film John Wainer (The Cage), which is based on the real story of the woman who became the head of drug trafficking in the Rocinha favela in the 1980s, premieres in Brazilian cinemas starting this Thursday (20).
What is the story of Bandit?
Starring the actress and singer Maria Bomani (Mother’s love) and narrated in the first person, Bandit follows the trajectory of Rebeca (Maria) who, at the age of nine, was sold by her grandmother to a book dealer and inserted into a world of violence and corruption.
As she grows up, she closely follows the change of power – taken over by drug trafficking – and becomes the wife of the crime boss, For (Jean Amorim, Sand captains). After her husband’s death, she takes command of the gang and a routine of crimes, violence, drugs and love. Watch the preview:
Who else is in the cast?
In addition to Maria Bomanithe cast of Bandit: Number One still has Milhem Cortaz (The Others), Wilson Rabelo (Nightjar), Natalia Lage (hard), the singer Otto and the ex-BBB Natalia Deodatobetween others.
The novelty is based on the book The number oneby the writer Raquel de Oliveira. John Wainer directs and also contributes to the script of Banditwhich is still signed by Patricia Andrade, Cesar Gananian It is Thais Nunes.
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