El bruto by Luis Buñuel at Casa del Cinema, Nov 9-13, 2026

El bruto (The Brute) by Luis Buñuel at Casa del Cinema, November 9 and 13, 2026

In short. On November 9 and 13, 2026, Casa del Cinema, in Villa Borghese (Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1), screens “El bruto” (Italian title “Il bruto”) by Luis Buñuel, in the original language with Italian subtitles, as part of the series “Luis…

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On November 9 and 13, 2026, Casa del Cinema, in Villa Borghese (Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1), screens “El bruto” (Italian title “Il bruto”) by Luis Buñuel, in the original language with Italian subtitles, as part of the series “Luis Buñuel: lo sguardo tagliente”. Tickets are sold online.

El bruto: watercolor illustration of a movie theater with the audience seen from behind — AI-generated illustration: not a photograph of Casa del Cinema or of the event.

Updated October 26, 2026.

The official description

A stark story about class violence and the power of money.
Text from the official page of Cultura Roma Capitale, source

A landlord wants to get rid of the tenants who resist eviction and hires Pedro, a giant slaughterhouse worker nicknamed “the Brute”, to persuade the most stubborn ones by force. The man, however, ends up caught in a web of passions and conflicts, torn between the landlord's young wife and the daughter of one of the tenants.

The official presentation reads the film as a popular melodrama bent into a story of oppression: the lowest become tools of the powerful with naive willingness. The slaughterhouse is not a mere backdrop, because men and animals belong to the same brutal world, and beneath the linear plot lies one of the darkest portraits of Mexican society made by the director.

“El bruto” is Mexican, from 1953, and runs 81 minutes. The cast includes Katy Jurado, Pedro Armendáriz, Andrés Soler, Rosita Arenas and Beatriz Ramos. Both screenings are in the original language with Italian subtitles.

Where it takes place: Casa del Cinema

Casa del Cinema is run by Fondazione Cinema per Roma. Besides screenings, the website mentions a bar and restaurant, Cast Cine Bistrot, and a study room open every day from 10:00 to 20:00. For the Buñuel series Sala Cinecittà and Sala Fellini are listed.

The same series also includes Un chien andalou and L'âge d'or and Los olvidados. Among the venue's recent events is AS Film Festival.