| The Red Light Bandit | |
|---|---|
 Original Brazilian release poster | |
| Directed by | Rogério Sganzerla |
| Written by | Rogério Sganzerla |
| Produced by | José da Costa Cordeiro José Alberto Reis Rogério Sganzerla |
| Starring | Paulo Villaça Helena Ignez Luiz Linhares |
| Narrated by | Hélio Aguiar |
| Cinematography | Peter Overbeck |
| Edited by | Silvio Renoldi |
| Music by | Rogério Sganzerla |
Production company | Urano Filmes |
| Distributed by | Sagres Filmes (VHS release) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
The Red Light Bandit (Portuguese: O Bandido da Luz Vermelha) is a 1968 Brazilian crime film directed by Rogério Sganzerla,[1] inspired by the crimes of the famous real-life robber João Acácio Pereira da Costa, nicknamed the "Red Light Bandit" (Bandido da Luz Vermelha).[2] The film is regarded as a classic work of Cinema Marginal, the Brazilian underground filmmaking movement of the 1960s. Sganzerla was about 22 years old when he directed it.[3]
Sganzerla called the film a Third World western.[4]
- ^ Xavier, Ismail (1997). Allegories of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816626779.
- ^ "Memory of the World National Cinematic Heritage" (PDF). Unesco. 1995. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Rep Diary: Tropicália - Film Comment". Film Comment. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ Sganzerla, Rogério (2008). O bandido da luz vermelha: argumento e roteiro (in Portuguese). Imprensa Oficial Do Estado. ISBN 978-85-7060-669-3.