
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977

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Minimal
1976
Director
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Runtime
95 minutes
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Soldier of Fortune is a period action-comedy that prioritizes historical genre conventions over social exploration. The narrative centers on Ettore, a mercenary navigating a conflict between Spanish and French forces, focusing on his personal survival and shifting loyalties. The film reflects the cinematic norms of its era, emphasizing a male-dominated cast and a homogeneous European setting. It lacks the intentionality needed to address multiple aspects of diversity or disrupt established social hierarchies. Ultimately, the film functions as a straightforward adventure piece. It favors situational ethics and mercenary pragmatism over any meaningful critique of systemic power or diverse representation.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any characters with LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender identities. It adheres strictly to the traditional 1970s action-comedy genre.
The story focuses on male characters, particularly a male-centric mercenary group. Women are not portrayed in roles that challenge the social norms of the time.
The narrative centers on a European conflict between Spanish and French forces. The casting reflects the homogeneous demographics expected in 1970s European adventure films.
The story explores moral relativism through a mercenary's pragmatism. However, it avoids critiquing religious structures or Western institutions, focusing instead on individual survival.
The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities. No such identities are part of the narrative.
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Official Synopsis
Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is traveling through Europe with his partners looking for a fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore bides his time to determine which side is the winning one. This is at first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

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