A former soldier rises through the ranks of the South American
gaucho cowboys in the spirited outlaw western
El Muerto (1975). Loosely based on a short story by Modernist master
Jorge Luis Borges,
Héctor Olivera’s film describes the rise and fall of Benjamin Ortalora (
Juan José Camero), a Uruguayan Civil War veteran who dabbles in murder and smuggling after his days on the
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