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The Strong Arm

1958

A wry, slow-burning satire of small-town power and flattery, watching a nobody inflate into a local boss.

Directed by
Giovanni Korporaal
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Leandro Morett, Hermelinda Guerrero, Roberto M. Soto
Overview
Agileo, a government employee, is commissioned to build a road in a town. At first, he suffers the hostility of the locals, but a letter from the government makes them believe that he is an influential character and they begin to treat him well, to the degree that he becomes the local cacique.

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Directed by
Giovanni Korporaal
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Leandro Morett, Hermelinda Guerrero, Roberto M. Soto
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • politics
  • corruption
  • class
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Giovanni Korporaal
Written by
Juan de la Cabada
Starring
Leandro Morett, Hermelinda Guerrero, Roberto M. Soto
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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