Gillo Pontecorvo directs Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, and Renato Salvatori in this historical epic where a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal.

Wow! One of Brando’s last proper acting lead performances. Not done for the paycheck or to shitstink the set of big production out with bad behaviour. One from the heart from Marlon. And he almost is star powered off the screen by a non-actor in a big part. Evaristo Márquez was just a charismatic labourer when he got cast to go toe to toe with the all-time god of method. Fucking magnetic “amateur” performance. You can only see this in shitty third gen copy formats. Our DVD looks like someone has wiped there arse with the reels before transferring it by UHF. Still, scarily accurate depiction of colonialism divide and conquer in action. Battles, education and danger.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Battle of Algiers (1966)

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