1960 · drama · youth · neorealism
The Delinquents
Directed by Carlos Saura1h 23m1960
A group of friends who are struggling to survive in the slums of Madrid commit petty crime in order to finance the debut as a bullfighter of one of them.
Our read: The Delinquents (1960) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · youth · neorealism entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / youth, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- bleak
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