Violenza al sole

I find readers mentioning they saw it in India in 1969. That is not possible, as the film was released in late 1970 across main cities in India. In Calcutta, it ran at New Empire for 30 plus weeks. And stayed there from the 28th as the theatre -which was partly financed by Warner Bros- could not get the change in time. I was very young then and at Patna. Remember it was released for regular shows at Veena (and not the morning show slot earmarked for English films. And this was a dubbed one!!). My parents saw the film.

I saw the film much later on VHS. Coming to think of it, the film was surely bold for its time, at least for the Indian audience. It did not date well. In the early 1990s, it did not carry the sting that made the viewers rush to the theatres. Society had changed, and drastically too. The angle emphasized in the film was no longer a taboo..

But for sheer nostalgia, it deserves a 8/10.