The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz(Movie, 1955)

Name: The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1955
Duration: T01:29:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Ensayo de un crimen" (Spanish/ES)

1h 29min | Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 60 votes)

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Spanish: Ensayo de un crimen; literally: Rehearsal for a Crime) is a 1955 Mexican crime comedy film directed and co-written by Spanish-born filmmaker Luis Buñuel. It tells the story of a would-be serial killer whose female victims keep dying before he has the chance to murder them. ()

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A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

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Additional Information

Production country: Mexico

Shot in: Mexico

Plays in: Mexico

Made by: Alianza Cinematográfica Española

Original language: Spanish (ES)

Spoken languages: Spanish (ES)

Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/01/1955

Cast: Miroslava Stern, Enrique Díaz, Ernesto Alonso, Rita Macedo, Ariadna Welter, Andrea Palma, Antonio Bravo

Director: Luis Buñuel

Producer: Alfonso Patiño Gómez

Screenwriter: Luis Buñuel, Eduardo Ugarte

Executive Producer: Roberto Figueroa

Director of Photography: Agustín Jiménez

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Престъпният живот на Арчибалдо де ла Крус"

"Estasi di un delitto"

"La vida criminal de Archibaldo de la Cruz"

Keywords: car accident, surrealism, older man younger woman relationship, dark comedy, nonlinear timeline, wedding, dress shop, suicide note, american tourist

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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