A rural property in 19th-century Brazil is run with iron hand by its owner and his foreman (appropriately nicknamed Iron Fist). A peasant who works for the land owner (possibly as a sharecropper) frequently intercedes in favor of the property's slaves, who are frequently whipped and tied to a pole. The owner has a dark secret in his past and is being blackmailed by a woman.
Terrible melodrama, with an absurd plot, and overall deficient production values, though the cinematography is good, and so is the musical score. The main actor has an interesting screen persona, which makes the movie a little less unbearable to watch. Also, the first section of the movie is slightly better than the rest and has some interesting sequences depicting rural slavery in Brazil, albeit in a melodramatic way.
Rating: 26
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