El Justicero

El Justicero (1967)

ComedyRomance

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

Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Casts

	Arduíno Colassanti as
	Adriana Prieto as
	Márcia Rodrigues as
	Zózimo Bulbul as
	Emmanuel Cavalcanti as
	Álvaro Aguiar as
	José Wilker as
	Thelma Reston as
	Ivan de Souza as
	Hugo Bidet as
	José Marinho as

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