The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz(Ensayo de un crimen)
Dir: Luis Buñuel
Mexico, 1955, Spanish, 90mins, DCP
Cast: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo
Is it a crime to merely think about killing someone? With Archibaldo de la Cruz, Buñuel may have invented the most diabolical serial killer who never actually kills. When a nun dies after Archibaldo threatened to kill her, the would-be criminal recounts to a judge how he elaborately planned to murder several women throughout his life without ever putting those plans in motion. With this satiric and psychologically probing thriller, Buñuel has made a great ’perfect murder’ film that would be a quintessential companion piece to Hitchcock’s Vertigo .
Screening:
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Evolving Beyond Surrealism - The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
Buy Ticket 2023-02-24 (Fri) 00:00 -
2023-02-26 (Sun) 23:59
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Evolving Beyond Surrealism - The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
Buy Ticket 2023-01-28 (Sat)
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