Movie
El brigadista
1978 · 119 min
A slow, earnest immersion into rural hardship and youthful idealism, tense with the threat of violence but ultimately hopeful.
- Directed by
- Octavio Cortázar
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Starring
- Patricio Wood, Salvador Wood, René de la Cruz
- Overview
- The Castro revolution was just consolidating its power when, in 1961, over 100,000 students were sent from their schools into the countryside to teach the peasants there how to read. Coinciding with the Bay of Pigs invasion, in this docudrama, 15-year-old Mario (Salvador Wood) has come to a tiny village in the Zapata swamps and gradually wins the villagers over to his task. At the same time, he receives an education in the realities of rural life from the hard-working peasants.
- How it feels
- Earnest, tense, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Education, coming-of-age, class, politics
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Octavio Cortázar
- Genres
- Drama, War, History
- Starring
- Patricio Wood, Salvador Wood, René de la Cruz
