El Bruto [Blu-ray]

Director: Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel

Overview

A Bunuel melodrama about a man conned into harassing tenants that his boss wants evicted. Other complications along the line are his seduction by the boss's mistress and his falling in love with a girl whose father he has accidentally murdered.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/25/2020
UPC:	0089859907128
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	MUSIC VIDEO DIST.***
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	27,620

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Katy Jurado	Paloma
Rosita Arenas	Michette
Roberto Meyer	Carmelo Gonzales
Beatriz Ramos	Dona Marta
Gloria Mestre	Actor
Paz Villegas	Actor
Diana Ochoa	Actor
Ignacio Villabajo	Actor
Joaquin Roche	Actor
G. Bravo Sosa	Actor
Efrain Arauz	Actor
Lupe Carriles	Actor
Raquel Garcia	Actor
José Munoz	Lencho Ruíz
Pedro Armendáriz	Actor
Andrés Soler	Actor
Paco Martínez	Actor
José Muñoz	Actor
Andres Solér	Don Andres Cabrea
Raúl Lavista	Composer

Technical Credits

Luis Buñuel

Luis Alcoriza

Oscar Dancigers	Producer
Luis Buñuel	Director,Screenwriter
Sergio Kogan	Producer
Luis Alcoriza	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

A minor work by Luis Buñuel's standards, El Bruto is a pretty straightforward melodrama distinguished by Pedro Armendariz's robust performance in the title role and the crisp, high-contrast images of cinematographer Augustin Jimenez. Armendariz's Frankenstein-like Pedro is an impressionable man-child, an innocent whose combination of strength and gullibility lead him to tragedy. The film's plot, which revolves around the forced eviction of a rich landlord's downtrodden tenants, provides ample room for social commentary, but by centering his movie on a man who is essentially a pawn in the landlord's machinations, Buñuel draws attention to the more intimate cruelty of one man taking advantage of another.

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