New Amsterdam (2017)

9.5/10 110 min History

Overview

The arrival of the West Indian Companies to Natal in the XVII century is just the beginning of this violent story that pushes Bernarda and her family to run away from the city and from the invasion. In the Potengi Mill she meets the foreman's son Rafael and they immediately discover a passionate love. It will give them the force to try to survive during those violent years triggered by Jacob Rabbí, a German assigned by Prince John Maurice of Nassau to command the conquest.

Cast

Leonardo Miggiorin

Rafael

Anselmo Vasconcelos

Rabbi Jacob

Paulo César Peréio

Francisco Coelho

Marcélia Cartaxo

Francisco Coelho's Wife

Joana Fomm

Aunt Leontina

Charles Paraventi

Maurice of Nassau

Roney Villela

Captain Pero Mendes

André Di Mauro

Bernarda's Father

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