Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982 · 90 min · EN · PG · 5.9 (29 votes)
Dir. Fred Schepisi · Starring Willie Nelson, Gary Busey, Isela Vega, Gilbert Roland, Danny De La Paz, Alma Martinez · Music Bruce Smeaton
ActionComedyWestern

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.

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A dusty, sun-baked tale of two outcasts navigating a harsh landscape. It's a quiet, stoic film about survival and the bonds forged in solitude, with a melancholic undercurrent of inescapable fate.

grittylonelystoicmelancholicsteadyrevisionist westernclassic westerncharacter-drivensurvivalmasculinityfateloneliness
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