The Killer (2017 film)

The Killer (Portuguese: O Matador) is a 2017 Brazilian western created and directed by Marcelo Galvão, starring Diogo Morgado, Nill Marcondes, Deto Montenegro, Maria de Medeiros and Etienne Chicot.
Principal photography began in August, 2016. The film was distributed by Netflix, premiering on 10 November 2017.

Plot

Set between the 1910s and 1940s, the film follows Shaggy (Diogo Morgado), a feared killer in the state of Pernambuco. Shaggy, raised by a local bandit named Seven Ears (Deto Montenegro) who found him as an abandoned baby, grows up in the wilderness, completely isolated from civilization. Now an adult, he finally goes to town to look for Seven Ears who has disappeared, but instead finds a place ruled by the tyrannical Monsieur Blanchard (Etienne Chicot), a Frenchman who runs the precious stones trade and previously employed Seven Ears as an assassin.