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'The Red Light Bandit' is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogrio Sganzerla, inspired by the crimes of the real-life burglar Joo Accio Pereira da Costa, known as the "Red Light Bandit" ('Bandido da Luz Vermelha'). The film is a representative work of 'cinema marginal', the Brazilian underground filmmaking movement of the 1960s. Sganzerla was 21 years old when he directed it.

Sganzerla called the film 'a Third World western'.

Plot



Jorge, a So Paulo house burglar, nicknamed by the press the "Red Light Bandit", baffles the police by using peculiar techniques. Always carrying a red flashlight, he rapes his victims, has long dialogues with them and makes daring escapes. Afterwards, he spends the profits of his crimes. The bandit's exploits are shown in a fragmented manner, voiced over by two narrators in the style of a sensationalistic radio program.

He has an affair with the 'femme fatale' Janete Jane, meets other burglars and a corrupt politician, and gets betrayed. Pursued and cornered, he commits suicide.

Cast





* Paulo Villaa as Jorge, the Red Light Bandit

* Helena Ignez as Janete Jane

* Luiz Linhares as police officer Cabeo

* Pagano Sobrinho as J.B. da Silva

* Roberto Luna as Lucho Gatica

* Jos Marinho as Tarzan

* Ezequiel Neves as Reporter

* Srgio Mamberti as Homosexual

* Renato Consorte as TV host

* Srgio Hingst as Millionaire

* Lola Brah as Rich Woman

* Antonio Lima as Gangster

* Ozualdo Candeias as Criminal

* Maurice Capovilla as Gangster

* Carlos Reichenbach as Gangster

* Snia Braga as Victim

Reception



Film critic Ismail Xavier stated that the film treats the bandit's social millieu with irony, making use of collage, intertextuality and pastiche, in contrast with the Cinema Novo's naturalistic filmmaking.

In 2015, 'The Red Light Bandit' was chosen by Abraccine as the sixth best Brazilian film of all time.

Awards and nominations

'1968 Festival de Braslia' (Brazil)

* Best Costume

* Best Director

* Best Editing

* Best Film

Sequel



A sequel directed by caro Martins and Helena Ignez, widow of Sganzerla, was released in 2010: 'Luz nas Trevas - A Volta do Bandido da Luz Vermelha'.

References




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