Os Bandeirantes

Os Bandeirantes (English: The Pioneers) is a black-and-white 1960 French-Brazilian adventure film directed by Marcel Camus. The film is also known in English as Gold of the Amazon.

Plot
In Brazil, a French diamond miner is shot, robbed, and left for dead by a supposed friend. He sets out on a mission of revenge, but along the way falls in love with a Brazilian woman.

Cast

 * Raymond Loyer as Jean
 * Lourdes de Oliveira as Suzana
 * Elga Andersen as Elga
 * Léa Garcia as Hermina
 * Almiro do Esperito Santo as Baija-Flora
 * John Reich as Curd

Production
The film was partially shot in Brasília.

Reception
The film was rather well received but not as well as Camus's precedent Brazilian film, Black Orpheus. Camus's other Brazilian film would be Bahia, in 1976.