Tuesday 16 September 2008

Films in Daejeon:The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

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Archibaldo De la Cruz (Ernesto Alonso) tells in the police station the story about the murder of a woman, which he insists to be the author. He's a talented potter, with refined manners but mentally unstable. One night, he says, he went to spent the night in a casino, where he met a beautiful woman (Rita Macedo). After having a fight with her lover, the woman crashes her car and De la Cruz offers to ride her home, place where he thinks he committed the murder. Archibaldo's engaged with a pretty and very catholic girl (Ariadna Welter), but before that, he gets fascinated with a nice and beautiful woman, Lavinia (Miroslava Stern). One afternoon, he invites her to his workshop, moment when she seizes the opportunity to make a joke to the nervous Archibaldo. Are these events the product of a compulsive and unstable mind, sexually frustrated? Written by Alejandro Frias
Director: Luis Buñuel
Country: Mexico
Year: 1955
Runtime: 90 mins
Cinema: Daejeon Art Cinema
Opening: 16th September 2008

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