Cinema
La fuga del chacal
Augusto Tamayo San Román · 1987
Synopsis
Sebastián, known as the Jackal, a small-time thug from a poor Lima neighbourhood, hardened by street fights, kills Mono Salgado in a brawl, then takes part in the robbery of a hair salon where his brother Beto is killed. Pursued by the police and by Salgado's brother, he flees with Estela, his partner, and goes deep into the Amazon forest with his godfather Zoilo Carhuanca, onto the lands of a band of traffickers led by an aristocrat and his unscrupulous son.
Context
This action and adventure film, which moves from the streets of the capital to the forest, was written and directed by Augusto Tamayo and produced by Francisco Lombardi. The National Library of Peru sees in it a picture of the moral degradation of a society struck by crime, drug trafficking and economic crisis; the director himself calls it “very commercial”. A remastered copy was screened in 2018 at the National Library's film club, in the presence of its author, who announced that same year a project for a new version.
Who it is for
In Spanish. A film of chases and brawls, in which the love story accompanies the violence.
Prizes and reception
Nearly one million admissions (around 980,000), and the biggest box-office success in Peruvian cinema for twenty-six years, until Asu mare in 2013.