The Brute
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Also released as:
El Bruto
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El Bruto (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 23 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 19, 2019
- Originally Released: 1952
- Label: Cinemateca
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Pedro Armendáriz & Katy Jurado | |
Performer: | Rosita Arenas & Andres Soler | |
Directed by | Luis Buñuel | |
Edited by | Jorge Bustos | |
Screenplay by | Luis Buñuel | |
Composition by | Raúl Lavista |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B --
One of the excellent early films Buñuel made while in Mexico.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Sure, El Bruto is relatively apolitical but that's because Buñuel is drunk on animal magnetism.
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Slant Magazine
...A treat for students of the great Luis Buñuel....Unreconstructed surrealis[m]...
New York Times
[A] rambunctious, entertaining film.
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Combustible Celluloid
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]hings take a melodramatic turn, with Buñuel showing his signature in the narrative's perversity.
Uncut
Rating: B- --
a Frankenstein variant as the title character is physically as strong as the cattle he slaughters, yet the gentle soul remains vulnerable to the charms of women
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Old School Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
Disturbing Bunuel film.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Product Description:
A working-class tough is hired to terrorize the tenants of a Mexico City apartment complex by the landlord. He kills one of the tenants and then falls in love with the victim's daughter, only to discover that the vicious landlord is his natural father.
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Product Info
- UPC: 736899112622
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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