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The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
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Ariadne Welter
- Carlota Cervantes
- (as Ariadna Welter)
José María Linares-Rivas
- Willy Corduran
- (as J.M. Linares Rivas)
Enrique Díaz Indiano
- Señor de la Cruz
- (as Enrique Indiano)
Carlos Martínez Baena
- Padre Alonso
- (as Carlos M. Baena)
Armando Acosta
- Hombre casa juegos
- (uncredited)
Eduardo Alcaraz
- Gordo Azuara
- (uncredited)
Janet Alcoriza
- Turista de Oklahoma
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe movie was shot in the middle of a big economic crisis for the Mexican cinema. Production was about to be shut down a few times and the famous scene with the mannequin being cremated was filmed only once because they couldn't afford another mannequin.
- GoofsWhen the nun falls down the empty elevator shaft she screams loudly but the sound is obviously that of a man; in fact, it sounds like a Wilhelm Scream.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Miroslava (1993)
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I have often cited this as my favourite Bunuel film and one of my favourite films of all. Watching it again after a period of some years, I am surprised that it seems so light and amusing instead of dark and dangerous. I suppose this is partly because when first seen the misogyny, the gleefulness at the prospect of killing a woman, is so shocking, that we notice less the playfulness. Whereas on a subsequent viewing we are less affected, having some idea how things pan out. Is this the only Bunuel film with a seemingly happy ending? There are still, of course, many shocking moments, like the bloody/sexy death of the woman looking after him as a child, the whole business concerning the mannequins (that seems burned in my memory for ever) and the most surprising early death of the nun/nurse. Maybe it's partly that when I watched this in my youth I rightly saw it as stunningly original and displaying conduct contrary to that shown elsewhere, whereas now the old cynic in me has been exposed to much more and is smiling throughout with barely a pause for a gasp. Always going to be fun to watch though.
- christopher-underwood
- Aug 21, 2008
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- Kriminalni zivot Arcibalda Kruza
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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