O Tronco(1999)

movie - first aired/released 1999-11-25 - 112 min - audience 7.0

Drama

Directed by João Batista de Andrade

Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector's office building, the government retaliates by deploying soldiers, overseen by Carvalho, a hard-headed judge. Carvalho orders the soldiers to invade Melo's land, which prompts the start of a full-blown war.