“A CLASSIC OF TRANSALPINE GENRE CINEMA.”
THE INCREDIBLES
M exico, 1910s. While the revolution is in full swing, El Chuncho, half bandit, half guerrilla, has specialized in train attacks. He steals weapons and resells them to a revolutionary, General Elias, for large sums of money. During one such assault, Chuncho finds unexpected help from a young American dandy who was on board the train. "El Niño" joins the guerrilla troop and quickly gains the trust of their leader. But the Yankee's motives remain unclear...
The indisputable masterpiece of director Damiano Damiani, El Chuncho is at the origin of the wave of "Zapata westerns" centered on the Mexican Revolution with a very marked political subtext on the left. Surrounded by the remarkable Lou Castel and Klaus Kinski, the Italian Gian Maria Volonté bursts onto the screen in the role of the revolutionary bandit, a picaresque character full of sound and fury, as grotesque as it is endearing. A peak of the Italian western to discover in its complete version and for the first time on Blu-ray™ (also on DVD)!
EL CHUNCHO by Damiano Damiani
(1967 - Colors - 118 mn)
New restoration
Italian version with subtitles + English version with subtitles + French version
Blu-ray or DVD edition
SUPPLEMENTS *
. ALEX COX ON "EL CHUNCHO" (11 mins – HD)
“The film is good from every point of view: it is virtuous in terms of cinematography, in terms of setting. […] It is wonderfully interpreted. A presentation by Alex Cox, director and author of the book 10,000 Ways to Die .
. "EL CHUNCHO", THE REVOLUTIONARY WESTERN (18 mn)
In this interview conducted in 2004, actor Lou Castel recalls his collaboration with Damiano Damiani, a filmmaker as attentive as he is rigorous, for whom he had agreed to play "El Niño", a character opposed to his convictions as an extreme militant. left.
. INTERNATIONAL TRAILER (HD)
*in HD on the Blu-ray Disc version
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BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Italian Version / English Version / French Version DTS-HD MA 1.0
French Subtitles • 2.35 format respected • Colors • Length of the Film: 118 mn
DVD 9 • NEW RESTORED MASTER • PAL • MPEG-2 ENCODING
Italian Version / English Version / French Version Dolby Digital 1.0 • French Subtitles • Format 2.35 respected • 4/3 • Colors • Length of Film: 113 mins
Released November 3 2021
