BRAZIL · 1967

El Justicero

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cinema Novo Brazil social satire class privilege urban alienation existentialism identity and pretense
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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 dis

Year1967
CountryBrazil
DirectorNelson Pereira dos Santos
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