An offbeat western ,with a Christian feeling when Kennedy promises his dying pal pastures of plenty when he gets to Heaven ;the same lines come back in the last sequence after the hero has been shot to death.This could fall in the ménage à trois routine -the peasant,Manuel ,and his lovely wife he treats like a dog-but it's not what you expect.It depicts an enclosed space ,where women are sold ("he bought me" );the outside world is only present in the characters' mind when Santiago tells Maria he can get her away from this place .A low-budget movie ,in which the obvious lack of means is not a problem;it reinforces the feeling of having ended up in a dump.
Review of The Naked Dawn
