The Red Light Bandit

1968 [PORTUGUESE]

Crime / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 1977 2K

Plot summary

Born and raised in the misery of Brazilian slums, Jorge becomes a luxury house burglar in São Paulo and gets nicknamed "The Red Light Bandit" by the sensationalist press. In addition to wearing a red flashlight, he talks to his hostages in an irreverent tone and makes bold breakthroughs to later spend the money extravagantly. His world is the decadent neighbourhood of Boca do Lixo.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by m67165

Classic underground comedy

This movie was shot in 1968, just as Brazil was getting into the worst years of the Military Dictatorship that started in 1964. The director was only 22, but not your regular angry young man protesting against social and political problems. In the face of a bleak reality, he decided to laugh at absolutely everything. This is a piece of nihilistic cinema that does not take anything seriously, not even itself. If this movie was a rock band of its era, it would be one that foreshadowed the twisted humor and chilling violence of punk rock. It has certainly inspired many crazy Brazilians to go and do even more shocking stuff in front of a camera.
Reviewed by tobbyjesse 10 / 10

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING, I LOVED IT.

Jokes aside, The Red Light Bandit is the revolution of the trash mouth, the journalistic narrators running over each other throughout the film and even in the chaos they tell us between the lines of what surrounds the events of the film, this insatiable desire of my brother Luz de go for food and drinks, the politician J. B (an acronym that has changed its meaning in recent years lol), who is a total slut and says all sorts of strange things. The content of the film alone is wonderful, but the form is what shines. Rogério Sganzerla brings innovative work and not only that, but also mesmerizing. All the fame this film has is deserved.
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