El Esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960)

Original title

El esqueleto de la señora Morales

Directed by

Rogelio A. González

Genre

comedy film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

TP

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A taxidermist endures a miserable marriage to a cruel and religious wife. After she destroys his prized camera, he decides to kill her and turn her skeleton into a display piece.

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What happens

Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (Spanish: El Esqueleto de la señora Morales) is a 1960 Mexican black comedy film based on Arthur Machen’s 1927 short story "The Islington Mystery". It is regarded by critics as one of the hundred best Mexican films of all time. In the film, a taxidermist is unhappily married to a religious fanatic who maliciously torments him. After the wife breaks his new camera, he poisons her to death and puts her skeleton on display. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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