José Pimentel

The dragon comes to buy the lands of Colonel, but without the peasants. Resistance only leaves one way out: the extermination, which is carried out by the gangsters of the Colonel... one of which is violent Maria, who becomes the love of the cowboy who leads the fight for the people stay on their land. (sergioricardo.com)

A band of outlaws led by Faustao intervene in a fight between members of families and Araújo Pereira. Henry, son of Colonel Payne, is wounded in an ambush. Faustão rescues him and demands that his father paid a ransom in exchange for the life of the child.

In a region called Riacho do Sangue, in the backwoods of Northeast Brazil, conflicts between powerful landowners and the population arise. (imdb)