Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Paraíba: Vida e Morte de um Bandido (1966)

A criminal murders his lover for her "betrayal" (which will be explained in the course of the film). He is chased by the police. After taking a bullet wound, he takes refuge in the steeple of a church. There, he recollects his life of crimes, the most memorable events of which are his kidnapping of a journalist and a robbery attempt at a football stadium.

Mediocre criminal drama. The narrative is fluent, but that is the best I can say about this movie, which has a clichéd plot with some rather implausible details. The leading performance is not bad. A more detailed analysis (and a somewhat more generous assessment) may be found here (in Portuguese).

Rating: 31

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