Synopsis
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
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Cast
- Marlon BrandoSir William Walker
- Evaristo MárquezJosé Dolores
- Renato SalvatoriTeddy Sanchez
- Dana GhiaFrancesca
- Valeria Ferran WananiGuarina
- Giampiero AlbertiniHenry Thompson
- Norman HillShelton
- Thomas LyonsGen. Alonso Prada
- Carlo PalmucciJack
- Enrico Cesaretti
Recommandations
- 90
Washington Post
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. - 70
Chicago Reader
An unusually successful attempt to mate good drama with political analysis. - 70
Washington Post
Pontecorvo's pointed 1969 drama of the politics of war feels surprisingly timely. - 60
Village Voice
A flawed, but intriguing work, it offers, here and there, proof of Pontecorvo's gift for ecstatic epic filmmaking.
