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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955 · 89 min

A wry, unsettling black comedy where morbid fantasies keep colliding with mundane reality, leaving a lingering sense of absurdity.

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...

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
death
identity
fate
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	3
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama, crime
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Written by: Luis Buñuel, Eduardo Ugarte
Starring: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Andrea Palma, Rodolfo Landa, Ariadna Welter, José María Linares Rivas, Leonor Llausás
Music: Jorge Pérez
Cinematography: Agustín Jiménez
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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