1950 · poverty · youth · neorealism
The Young and the Damned
Directed by Luis Buñuel1h 22m1950
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Our read: The Young and the Damned (1950) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive poverty · youth · neorealism entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme poverty / youth, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
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“You want unflinching neorealism about street kids with no sentimental safety net.”
Skip it tonight — You need hope tonight; Buñuel offers clarity, not comfort, about poverty's cruelty.
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