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Synopsis
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's t
Cinematic DNA
He has singled out Corbucci's The Mercenary and The Great Silence as two films that have 'always been huge influences on me.'
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Films with Similar Themes
Mexican Revolution · mercenary warfare · political ideology · peasant liberation · moral corruption
