The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen) - DVD [Blu-ray] []
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Possibly Luis Bunuel’s most underrated film, “The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz” is executed in traditional Bunuel fashion, where macabre meets comedy.
MPAA Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Possibly Luis Bunuel’s most underrated film, “The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz” is executed in traditional Bunuel fashion, where macabre meets comedy.
The story begins when an overindulged young boy of ‘privilege’ is shown a music box, which is a family air loom, alleged to cause the death of an enemy when played. The boy decides to test it out, setting his sights on his nanny, who’d recently offended him, wishing for her death. When moments later, a stray bullet from a revolutionary’s gun sails though the window killing her, the twisted boy is convinced this was no accident and finds that he likes his newfound ‘power’. Taking on the mind of a serial killer, he carries this mindset into adulthood, plotting, planning, fanaticizing, and ‘wishing’, with women as his victims. The irony of it all is, his efforts to carry out these crimes are always thwarted by outside forces, be it ‘twist of fate’ or ‘providence’, making him a serial killer in ‘mind’ only. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Cast Miroslava (Lavinia), Ernesto Alonso (Archibaldo de la Cruz) Rita Macedo (Patricia Terrazas) Carlota Cervantes (as Ariadna Welter) Andrea Palma (Mrs. Cervantes) Rodolfo Landa (Alejandro Rivas) Willy Corduran (as J.M. Linares Rivas) Leonor Llausás (The Governess) Eva Calvo (Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother) Enrique Díaz Indiano (Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father) Rafael Banquells hijo (Archibaldo as a boy - uncredited) |
Director Luis Buñuel Producer Alfonso Patiño Gómez Cinematography Agustín Jiménez Writer Luis Buñuel (screenplay & adaptation) | Eduardo Ugarte (screenplay & adaptation) | Rodolfo Usigli (novel "Ensayo de un crimen") Music Jorge Pérez |
Format Blu-ray
Language Spanish
Region All
Audio Dolby Digital Mono
Aspect Ratio 1080P/4x3/1.37:1
Subtitles Optional Spanish and English
Rating NR
Runtime 91
Color B&W
UPC 089859891823
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