The Red Light Bandit (1968)

Original title

O Bandido da Luz Vermelha

Directed by

Rogério Sganzerla

Genre

biographical film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

18

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film based on the true story of a notorious Brazilian robber nicknamed the Red Light Bandit. It follows his criminal exploits in a stylized and anarchic way.

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What happens

The Red Light Bandit (Portuguese: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha) is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla, inspired by the crimes of the famous real-life robber João Acácio Pereira da Costa, nicknamed the "Red Light Bandit" (Bandido da Luz Vermelha). The film is regarded as a classic work of Cinema Marginal, the Brazilian underground filmmaking movement of the 1960s. Sganzerla was about 22 years old when he directed it. Sganzerla called the film a Third World western. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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