Bacurau
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| Cinematography | Pedro Sotero |
| Edited by | Eduardo Serrano |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
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| Budget | $1.4 million |
| Box office | $3.5 million |
Bacurau (Portuguese for 'nightjar'; [bɐkuˈɾaw]) is a 2019 Weird Western film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. It stars Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira, and Karine Teles. The film, a co-production between Brazil and France, revolves around Bacurau, a fictional small town in the Brazilian sertão that is beset by strange happenings following the death of its matriarch, Carmelita (Lia de Itamaracá), at the age of 94.
The film had its world premiere at the main competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, winning the Jury Prize.