A flawed, but intriguing work, it offers, here and there, proof of Pontecorvo's gift for ecstatic epic filmmaking.
Burn!(Queimada)
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Italy, France · 1969
Rated R · 2h 9m
Director Gillo Pontecorvo
Starring Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Genre Drama, War
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In the Nineteenth Century, British mercenary William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada to serve the interests of the empire and its sugar trade. 10 years later, Walker returns to the island, this time to quell the continued unrest he is responsible for that has become too big of a threat to the British empire.
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An unusually successful attempt to mate good drama with political analysis.
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Pontecorvo's pointed 1969 drama of the politics of war feels surprisingly timely.
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
I don't think "Queimada" is as great a movie as "Battle of Algiers," but it retains its vitality, its outrage, its savagery and its spirit.
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