Surcos

It can't decide whether it wants to be gritty or melodramatic. Melodramatic wins out, at least until the last 20 minutes or so, when it gets a lot more interesting. Still, it holds the attention quite well, and the realistic visual style is unusual for the period, and most fascinating.

Spain takes influence from Italy with something neorealism for themselves. Starts real strong, but soon drags a little when they go for a more traditional approach, or at least for a portion that didn't seem that significant. Picks up when it feels like it's delivering something grittier at the end. I guess they hadn't fully embraced what style to go for and without changing too much visually, the realism compared to the more film-cool stuff kept shifting. Still a pretty satisfying experiment.

Surcos estreava há 70 anos em Barcelona. Boa incursão da Espanha ao neorealismo, mas o ideário é falangista demais para sobreviver ao escrutínio do tempo. BlurayRip VXT.