The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva (A Cabeça de Gumercindo Saraiva) 5 years old

A fiction based on true events, which happened at the end of the Federalist Revolution in 1895, in the south of Brazil. When Gumercindo Saraiva was killed in an ambush and buried at graveyard at some roadside, the legalists discovered it, unburied the body, and cut its head off so it would be taken to the Governor as a war trophy. Major Ramiro de Oliveira and two men were chosen for the unusual task. The film tells the saga of the Capitan Franciso Saraiva, son of Gumercindo, and his team of five riders in the attempt to recover his father's head. The moments of approximation and distancing between the pursued and the pursuers, the confrontation and the conflicts, the duels that happened on both sides until the final encounter, when there are only Ramiro and Francisco left standing; all these events are thoroughly narrated in the film. The lessons learned in the journey blossom at end and both men, due to everything they went through, decide for an honorable outcome for them both.

Credits

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva Cast

Name	Character
Leonardo Machado He was 42, 42 years old when he died
Murilo Rosa He was 48, now 53 years old

The Head of Gumercindo Saraiva Crew

Name	Department
Tabajara Ruas as Director. He was 76 (now 81) years old	Directing