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“Faroeste Caboclo” (English: Caboclo western) is a song composed by Renato Russo and recorded by Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana. Written in 1979, the song was released in 1987 in the album Que País é Este 1978/1987. “Faroeste Caboclo” tells the story of João de Santo Cristo, a poor man from the Brazilian Northeast who moves to Brasília in search of a better life, gets involved in drug trafficking, briefly abandons the life of crime for the love of a woman and is finally murdered by a rival. A movie based on the story of João de Santo Cristo is being produced with screenplay by Marcos Bernstein, Victor Atherino and Paulo Lins. Read on...