O Tronco (movie)
- Production country: Brazil
- Producer: João Batista de Andrade
- Production companies: Raiz Produções Cinematográficas
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 11/25/1999
- Run time: 112 min.
Movie description
Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the collector's office building, the government retaliates by deploying soldiers, overseen by Carvalho, a hard-headed judge. Carvalho orders the soldiers to invade Melo's land, which prompts the start of a full-blown war.
