Fresh
Against a background of revolution and restoration, Catholic mysteries and aristocratic manners, Bunuel unfolds, in images akin to Freudian X-rays ...
Richard Brody, New Yorker
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Luis Buñuel
Overview
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...
Director and cast
- Luis Buñuel Director
- Ernesto Alonso as Archibaldo de la Cruz
- Miroslava as Lavinia
- Rita Macedo as Patricia Terrazas
- Andrea Palma as Mrs. Cervantes
- Rodolfo Landa as Alejandro Rivas
- Ariadna Welter as Carlota Cervantes
- José María Linares Rivas as Willy Corduran
- Leonor Llausás as The Governess
- Eva Calvo as Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother
- Enrique Díaz 'Indiano' as Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Though it's 22 years late in arriving, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is the only new movie in town about which I can say that it mustn't be missed.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Bunuel is still able to put some bizarre -- and very funny -- personal touches on this story of a man obsessed with the idea that the music box he owned as a child has the power to kill.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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