The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)

Original title

Ensayo de un crimen

Directed by

Luis Buñuel

Genre

crime film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 176 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man believes he is destined to become a serial killer. He plans to murder several women, but they keep dying in accidental ways before he can carry out his plans.

darkly comicabsurdwhimsicalmacabreplayfulsardonicunpredictableironic

What happens

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Spanish: Ensayo de un crimen, lit. 'Rehearsal for a Crime') is a 1955 Mexican crime comedy film directed and co-written by Luis Buñuel and starring Miroslava, Ernesto Alonso, Rita Macedo, Ariadna Welter, Andrea Palma and Leonor Llausás. This film features the film debut of the actress Ariadna Welter and also the last appearance of Miroslava, in her film role, two months after her death in the same year. It is based on a 1944 novel by Rodolfo Usigli. It tells the story of a would-be serial killer whose female victims keep dying before he has the chance to murder them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Murderer X (1955)
• Una mujer en la calle (1955)
• The Suspect (1955)
• A Life in the Balance (1955)
• Love in four times (1955)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• El Seductor (1955)
• El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960)