Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955): Film Noir UK
Sun 03 Mar
|Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Time & Location
03 Mar 2024, 13:00
Malvern Theatres, Malvern, Grange Rd, Great Malvern, Malvern WR14 3HB, UK
About the Event
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
Director: Luis Buñuel
Starring: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Ariadna Welter
Mexico, 1953, 1 hour 31 minutes, Spanish + English subtitles
Wealthy Mexican, Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ernesto Alonso) is a would-be serial killer. With a strange and powerful obsession stemming from his childhood during the Mexican Revolution, the affluent bachelor and suave ceramist Archibaldo oscillates effortlessly between fantasy and reality, obsessed in making the perfect crime. But will he succeed?
Written and directed by Luis Buñuel who interlaces this noir with his own sense of humour. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz is a hilarious and vicious story about the impossibilities of fulfilling one's fantasies and desires, which, in this case, is all about murder.