Queimada (1969)
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Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 132m
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Evaristo Marquez
Synopsis:
The 1840s: A British agent is sent to the Portuguese island of Queimada to foment revolt in the equal interests of emancipation and free trade for sugar. Ten years later he must return as military advisor to quell the renewed revolution led by José Dolores, his former negro protégé.
Review:
Interesting attempt to make a literate historical film which shares much with its director's The Battle of Algiers (qv). The results are patchy and the dubbing poor, but Brando is always watchable and it is rare to find so cogent a piece of realpolitik being given a decent budget.
(Burn!)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 132m
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Evaristo Marquez
Synopsis:
The 1840s: A British agent is sent to the Portuguese island of Queimada to foment revolt in the equal interests of emancipation and free trade for sugar. Ten years later he must return as military advisor to quell the renewed revolution led by José Dolores, his former negro protégé.
Review:
Interesting attempt to make a literate historical film which shares much with its director's The Battle of Algiers (qv). The results are patchy and the dubbing poor, but Brando is always watchable and it is rare to find so cogent a piece of realpolitik being given a decent budget.
(Burn!)
Country: FR/IT
Technical: col 132m
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Evaristo Marquez
Synopsis:
The 1840s: A British agent is sent to the Portuguese island of Queimada to foment revolt in the equal interests of emancipation and free trade for sugar. Ten years later he must return as military advisor to quell the renewed revolution led by José Dolores, his former negro protégé.
Review:
Interesting attempt to make a literate historical film which shares much with its director's The Battle of Algiers (qv). The results are patchy and the dubbing poor, but Brando is always watchable and it is rare to find so cogent a piece of realpolitik being given a decent budget.