BRAVE
NEW
LAND

Synopsis:

The story is set in Mato Grosso, in the heartland of Brazil in late 1700s. Soldiers escort Diogo, a cartographer from Portugal, who has come to help define the frontiers of the country, claimed by both Portugal and Spain.

Their final destination is Fort Coimbra. built to defend the region which is permanently harassed by the Guaicuru Indians with whom the Portuguese Crown is trying to make a peace treaty.

On their way to the fort, a guide finds a group of Guaicuru women swimming on a river. The soldiers rape the women. Three characters stand out: Pedro, who leads the group and is particularly ferocious; Diogo, who will have to confront his "enlightened" education to the harsh reality of the colony; and Antônio, who carries a secret map with the setting of suppositional silver mines. They end up involved in a slaughter but Diogo prevents one of the women from being killed.
Later they go to the fort, including the Guaicuru woman, saved by Diogo. In the fort, where the commander lives with an indian woman from another tribe - Guaná, - the conflicts grows.
The film will work on these relationships, which represent ultimately the conflict between two worlds and the actual creation of a third one, where the concepts of both sides begin to disintegrate, creating a new brave world.

Year of Production 2000