Sorcerer

1977 · 122 min · EN · PG · 7.5 (712 votes)

Dir. William Friedkin · Starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell · Music Edgar Froese

“Four men...outlaws thrown together by fate...share a fantastic adventure and risk the only thing they have left to lose.”

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Four men from different countries flee to an impoverished South American village, Povernir, to hide from their pasts. When an oil well explodes, chaos and barbarism roam the streets. Desperate to leave, they agree to risk their lives to transport several crates of nitroglycerin across treacherous jungle terrain.

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A suffocatingly tense, sweat-drenched descent into desperation. This film feels like a slow-motion train wreck, a grim existential journey where every moment is fraught with impending doom. The oppressive atmosphere and relentless score amplify the feeling of inescapable fate.

tensegrittydread-soakedbleaksweatyslow-burngritty realismneo-noircharacter study70s cinemadesperationfatesurvivalexistentialism

life and deathnew jerseyparis, francebased on novel or bookcentral and south americaexplosivedynamitecar journeyjerusalemcynicismnicaraguasinnitroglycerinremakefatepurgatoryoilpoverty