Lampião e Maria Bonita is a Brazilian miniseries produced by TV Globo and shown from April 26 to May 5, 1982, in 8 chapters. Written by Aguinaldo Silva and Doc Comparato, it was directed by and .

Nelson Xavier and Tânia Alves played the main characters, Lampião and Maria Bonita, in a plot that tells the story of the last months of the life of the cangaceiro Virgulino Ferreira da Silva.

Synopsis The plot tells the story of the last months of Lampião and Maria Bonita. The story begins when Lampião's gang kidnaps the English geologist Steve Chandler. Using Joana Bezerra as an intermediary, the group demands 40,000 contos de réis as payment from the Government of Bahia. Sergeant Libório passes the note with the information to the Governor, but it later falls into the hands of journalist Lindolfo Macedo, who discovers the Governor's plan to kidnap Argemiro, Lampião's brother unrelated to the cangaço, intending to exploit the fact. Together with the British Embassy, the government sends Lieutenant Zé Rufino, a persecutor of Lampião. At a certain point in the plot, Maria Bonita disappears to have an abortion and, when she returns ill, she is taken into the care of the geologist who falls in love with the girl. After the Embassy refuses to pay the ransom, Lieutenant Zé Batista's motorcade finds the couple, who, at dawn on July 28, 1938, are machine-gunned without any possibility of defense.

Cast Actor/ActressCharacterNelson XavierLampiãoTânia AlvesMaria BonitaSergeant LibórioRegina DouradoJoana BezerraHileana MenezesAliceDadáAntônio PompeoSaboneteHelber RangelLindolfo MacedoMarco Antônio Soarestelegraphist

Special guests ActorCharacterJosé DumontLieutenant Zé RufinoCharles G. LeavittCláudio Corrêa e CastroEuclides FonsecaJofre SoaresColonel Pedrosa

Invited actors ActorCharacterMichael MenaughSteve ChandlerJohn ProcterMr. Fry

Supporting cast Actor/ActressCharacterHenrique CostaCaixa de FósforoEvandro SilvaNovo TempoSílvio Correia LimaCoriscoJombaManoel SeveroJosé FernandesArgemiroB. de PaivahuntsmanMaria AlvesMabelArmando NascimentoGetúlio VargasMarcus ViníciusGaviãoGilson MouraLieutenant Zé BatistaTeresa CristinaCilaJurandir de OliveiraAntônio de EngraciaMariinhaLeônidas AguiarcrawlerIlva NiñoOdeteAnilda LeãoAgregadaAdriana BarbosaExpeditaNestor CapoeiraAmareloBeto Leãocountry boyFernando PalitotSoldier SandesSérgio SampaioFelicianoSônia BorgesEufrásiaWanda KatiusciaCiprianaDr. Eustáquio

Production It was TV Globo's first experience with the miniseries format. The miniseries was awarded the gold medal at the New York International Film and Television Festival.

Exhibition It was first reprised between March 5 and 16, 1984 at 10:15 p.m., replacing . It was shown for the second time in July 1988 (only for the Federal District); in a compact version of 5 chapters. The third time was in 1990 at the 25 Years Festival. The fourth time between June 24 and 28, 1991, in the session with the same compact version of 5 chapters, replacing O Tempo e o Vento. The most recent reprise, a fifth time, on January 22, 2015, at the Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos Festival, in a special edition, as a telefilm, compressed into two hours.

See also

Virgulino Ferreira da Silva - Lampião Cangaço

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