简介：Tothecasualobserver,theArgentineElSecuestador(TheKidnapper)seemstowallowinsordidnessforitsownsake.Thecharactersarealldirt-poor,andtheirsurroundingsrelentlesslyfilthy.The"hero"and"heroine"spendmostoftheirtimeconsummatingtheirromance,mostmemorably(andaudaciously)duringaconsensual-rapesceneinamortuary.Andinanotherscene,ahugepigswallowsthecorpseofababy.ThepointofElSecuestadorseemstobetoshowthehorribleconsequencesofgrindingpoverty,andtoexposethehypocrisyoftherotten-to-the-coreEstablishmentindealingwiththatpoverty.DirectorLeopoldoTorre-Nillson,hereaselsewhere,isasuperbvisualstylist;themoresensitiveviewer,however,maynotbeabletowatchthatstyleunfoldformorethanafewminutesatatime.~HalErickson,AllMovieGuide LeopoldoTorreNilsson(1924-1978)isoneofthemorewell-knownandadmiredArgentinedirectorsininternationalthecinematographiccircuits,andinhisowncountryithasnotneededthetributeseither:numerousbookshavebeendedicatedtohim,likewritingsbyFernandoRock,MónicaMartinoronerecentcompilationoftestscoordinatedbyMariaoftheCarmenVieites.…