The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955 ‧ Comedy/Crime ‧ 1h 32m
7.6/10 · IMDb
93% · Rotten Tomatoes
The wealthy Archibaldo (Ernesto Alonso) is a potential serial killer. This might be the result of a childhood incident: his governess (Leonor Llausás) caught him trying on some of his mother's clothes and scolded him. He wished the governess dead,...
Release date: November 27, 1962 (New York)
Director: Luis Buñuel
Screenplay: Rodolfo Usigli, Luis Buñuel, and Eduardo Ugarte
Languages: English and Spanish
Based on: Ensayo de un crimen; by Rodolfo Usigli
Music by: Jorge Pérez
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz ... In Luis Buñuel's gleefully perverse mock melodrama, the wealthy Mexican dilettante of the title rediscovers—through ...
One of the finest works of this Mexican period was the underrated THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ. Archibaldo (Ernesto Alonso) is a kindly potter, ...