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Speaking of diversity in Puerto Rican films, this was certainly something different to what is usually seen and discussed among our cinema. Correa Cotto: ˇasí me llaman! is a lurid and violent piece of exploitation. The film follows the escapades of Antonio Correa Cotto (Luis Arroyo), a notorious criminal that won't tolerate any offense or slight from anybody.
The film starts with Correa Cotto's random crime sprees, but eventually settles on his quest for revenge on a group of brothers, the Maldonado's, who not only owe him money, but have also assaulted his girlfriend (Soledad Acosta), and then framed him for a crime in order to send him to prison. But Correa Cotto can't be held down much longer, so off he goes to get his revenge. Can the police capture him on time?
Seeing a local film so overly charged of violence and sex was certainly surprising to me, since it was always uncommon to see those kind of things in the stuff that was produced here; at least in what was shown in the main 2 or 3 channels.The style of this film is very much in the exploitation vein, with lots of exaggerated sounds and music, as cameras linger on female naked bodies and hands caressing up and down.
Arroyo is pretty good as the titular character as he steals most of his scenes, but Acosta is solid as his girlfriend. The antagonists that Correa Cotto pursues, the Maldonado's, are pretty much interchangeable, while Braulio Castillo rounds the cast as the police detective determined to capture the fugitive. The character of Castillo is barely developed, but I suppose the filmmaker's intention is to keep the focus on Correa Cotto; that's how they call him.
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CORREA COTTO
ˇASÍ ME LLAMAN!
(1968, Trucco)
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ˇASÍ ME LLAMAN!
(1968, Trucco)
Freebie
"Correa, each step you sink deeper."
Speaking of diversity in Puerto Rican films, this was certainly something different to what is usually seen and discussed among our cinema. Correa Cotto: ˇasí me llaman! is a lurid and violent piece of exploitation. The film follows the escapades of Antonio Correa Cotto (Luis Arroyo), a notorious criminal that won't tolerate any offense or slight from anybody.
The film starts with Correa Cotto's random crime sprees, but eventually settles on his quest for revenge on a group of brothers, the Maldonado's, who not only owe him money, but have also assaulted his girlfriend (Soledad Acosta), and then framed him for a crime in order to send him to prison. But Correa Cotto can't be held down much longer, so off he goes to get his revenge. Can the police capture him on time?
Seeing a local film so overly charged of violence and sex was certainly surprising to me, since it was always uncommon to see those kind of things in the stuff that was produced here; at least in what was shown in the main 2 or 3 channels.The style of this film is very much in the exploitation vein, with lots of exaggerated sounds and music, as cameras linger on female naked bodies and hands caressing up and down.
Arroyo is pretty good as the titular character as he steals most of his scenes, but Acosta is solid as his girlfriend. The antagonists that Correa Cotto pursues, the Maldonado's, are pretty much interchangeable, while Braulio Castillo rounds the cast as the police detective determined to capture the fugitive. The character of Castillo is barely developed, but I suppose the filmmaker's intention is to keep the focus on Correa Cotto; that's how they call him.
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