The River and Death
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Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
Written by | Luis Alcoriza, Luis Alcoriza |
Produced by | J. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba |
Starring | Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Víctor Alcocer, Jaime Fernández |
Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The River and Death (Spanish: El río y la muerte) is a 1955 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel.[1]
Cast[]
- Columba Domínguez – Mercedes
- Miguel Torruco – Felipe Anguiano
- Joaquín Cordero – Gerardo Anguiano
- Jaime Fernández – Romulo Menchaca
- Víctor Alcocer – Polo Menchaca
- Silvia Derbez – Elsa
- José Elías Moreno – Don Nemesio
- Carlos Martínez Baena – Don Julian
- Alfredo Varela – Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
- Miguel Manzano – don Anselmo
Background[]
The film adaptation of a novel about a blood revenge that has lasted for several generations is so country-specific that the audience at the Venice Film Festival thought it was a comedy . Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.
References[]
- ^ Goble p.8
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1955 films
- Spanish-language films
- 1955 drama films
- Mexican films
- Mexican drama films
- Films directed by Luis Buñuel
- Mexican black-and-white films
- Films set in Mexico
- 1950s Mexican film stubs