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The Brute

The Brute (1953)7.2 /10

Not Rated (US) · Mexico · Spanish · 81 min · Feb 14, 1955 · More  
Directed by:  Luis Buñuel
Written by:  Luis Alcoriza, Luis Buñuel

Storyline:  Andrés Cabrera hires Pedro "El Bruto" to evict tenants who refuse to leave the tenement. Strong and brutal, he unleashes his strength on the residents and his passion on Paloma, Don Andrés’s mistress. But when Meche moves in with him, jealous Paloma refuses to give up, sparking a fierce conflict of power, desire, and betrayal in a working-class neighborhood of 1950s Mexico.

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