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El Justicero (1967)
Directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Comedy, Romance · 1h 45m
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscious antics of the French New Wave. The pampered son of a general, El Justicero is a hipster playboy who fancies himself a James Bond/Jean Paul Sartre urban hero. “Archetypical” yet “full of contradictions,” he sees that justice is achieved for the disadvantaged while taking advantage of certain bourgeois perks. His exploits are closely followed and eventually directed by his biographer who decides a film is not only more lucrative than a book, but it gives him the luxury of reviewing previous scenes. Unlike Bond, El Jus eventually experiences an awakening which threatens to compromise the entertainment value and glamour of his life story. - Harvard Film Archive
Cast
Arduíno Colassanti
Adriana Prieto
Márcia Rodrigues
Zózimo Bulbul
Emmanuel Cavalcanti
Álvaro Aguiar
José Wilker
Thelma Reston
Hugo Bidet
José Marinho
Crew
- Director
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Writer
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Original Music Composer
- Carlos Monteiro de Souza
- Editor
- Nello Melli, Raimundo Higino
- Producer
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Details
- Release date
- 1967-04-13
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Condor Filmes