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The Torturer (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 98 mins · Portuguese
- Directed by
- Antônio Calmon
- Starring
- Ary Fontoura, Otávio Augusto, Anselmo Vasconcelos, Rejane Medeiros, Jece Valadão, Paulo Villaça
Zionists hire a hitman to kill a Nazi war criminal hiding in a Latin‑American country protected by its dictator. It mixes gunfire, sex scenes, odd tortures, a cocaine‑addicted priest, a contemptuous hero and a timid colonel who loves a male prostitute. Though a product of its era with some objectionable content, it remains largely un‑crass.
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