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Actors: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Fernando Rey, Jack Palance, Iris Berben, Karin Schubert
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Compaņeros |
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COMPAŅEROS is a movie co-written and directed by Sergio Corbucci in 1970.
At the beginning of the 19th century, civil war reigns in Mexico. President Diaz uses force against his own people to maintain order while bandits, like General Mongo, hope that the revolutionary movements will make them rich. The Swede Yodlaf Peterson, an arms dealer, and El Vasco, a naive Mexican peasant lieutenant, are asked by General Mongo to retrieve Prof. Xantos who's kept in an American prison in El Yuma, Texas.
Prof. Xantos is the leader of a non-violent revolutionary movement whose members are systematically slaughtered by the governmental forces and by Mongo's soldiers but he's the only one who knows the combination that would open the safe containing a special war chest. Peterson and El Vasco will become friends along the way to Texas and manage to set Xantos free. But on their way back to Mexico, they'll have to first confront Jack Palance, Peterson's ex-partner, and his gang who want to give Xanthos back to the American army and Xantho's followers who hope to save him from Mongo's hands.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Compaņeros |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- rescue
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Mexico
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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