El Justicero

A shockingly irreverent followup to the rural austerity of Barren Lives dos Santos Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the selfconscious antics of the French New Wave The pampered son of a general El Justicero is a hipster playboy who fancies himself a James BondJean Paul Sartre urban hero Archetypical yet full of contradictions he sees that justice is achieved for the disadvantaged while taking advantage of certain bourgeois perks His exploits are closely followed and eventually directed by his biographer who decides a film is not only more lucrative than a book but it gives him the luxury of reviewing previous scenes Unlike Bond El Jus eventually experiences an awakening which threatens to compromise the entertainment value and glamour of his life story Harvard Film Archive