Vengeance (Spanish: La venganza) is a 1958 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem. It was co-produced with Italy, starring Italian Raf Vallone. Francisco Rabal narrates the film. It was shown at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival[1] but not released in Spain until the following year. The film had serious troubles with Spanish censorship. Bardem even went to prison and it was an international scandal. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]
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Directed by | Juan Antonio Bardem |
Written by | Juan Antonio Bardem |
Produced by | Cesáreo González Manuel J. Goyanes |
Starring | Raf Vallone Carmen Sevilla Jorge Mistral Manuel Alexandre Fernando Rey |
Narrated by | Francisco Rabal |
Cinematography | Mario Pacheco |
Edited by | Margarita de Ochoa |
Music by | Isidro B. Maiztegui |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Juan (Jorge Mistral) returns to town after being locked up for ten years for a crime he did not commit. Together with his sister Andrea (Carmen Sevilla) they decide to take revenge on who they believe is to blame for the family's ills: Luis "el Torcido" (Raf Vallone). To do this, the two brothers will join a gang of reapers looking for work in the fields of Castilla and whose boss is their rival.
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