The Brute
1953 · Movie · 81 min · ★ 7.0 · 83% critics
A powerful hired hand is sent to intimidate poor tenants who refuse to leave a building marked for demolition. As he becomes emotionally entangled with someone from the threatened community, a harsh struggle over power, desire, and class grows increasingly tense.
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Details
- Original title
- El bruto
- Years
- 1953
- Release date
- 1953-02-05
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (66 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy dark social melodrama with moral conflict, especially near The Young and the Damned; Not for you if you want surreal humor or a light romance.
Pros: strong performances; tense melodrama; class conflict | Cons: simple story; limited surreal touches; gloomy tone
Themes
- escape
- fight
- solidarity
- butcher's shop
- community
- neighbor
- slaughterhouse
- landlord
- orphan
- death
- shot
Cast & crew
Pedro Armendáriz
as Pedro
Katy Jurado
as Paloma
Rosita Arenas
as Meche
Andrés Soler
as Andrés Cabrera
- PM
Paco Martínez
as Don Pepe
Gloria Mestre
as María
Roberto Meyer
as Carmelo González
Beatriz Ramos
as Doña Marta
- PV
Paz Villegas
as Mamá de María
- JM
José Muñoz
as Lencho Ruíz
Directed by Luis Buñuel