1950's Mexica, Andres Cabrera, the landlord of a poor community, is intent on evicting his tennants in an effort to sell the land for a large sum of money. However, the community fights back, led by community Carmelo Gonzalez who leads the people to resist Andres demands. Too old to deal with this problem, Andres hires a monstrously large man, Pedro El Bruto, a slaughterhouse worker, to initimidate Carmelo and the other resident into abandoning their homes. Carrying out Andres' wishies, Pedro intimidates Carmelo, punching the weak man which accidenttly kills him. With tensions running high throughout the community, Pedro goes into hiding, inadvertently meeting Carmeo's daughter Meche, with the two falling in love. Luis Bunuel's The Brute is an early film from the masterful filmmaker that carries a lot of similaries to the Frankenstein story. El Bruto is a product of his environment, a man that is perceived as evil due to his affiliations with Andres. Much like Frankenstein, Pedro is an unintelligent man whose naivety hides behind his brute strength. El Bruto is a film with obvious social themes revolving around class but Buneul keeps the film rather apolitical, much more interested in exploring the melodrama. While nothing close to some of Bunuel's most famous works, El Bruto is a solid melodrama exploring a brutish man who is perceived as a monster due almost entirely to things he has no control over.
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