The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz Blu-Ray (UK Import)

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The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz Blu-Ray (UK Import)
Second Run

Original title: Ensayo de un crimen

Year: 1955
Country: Mexico
Region Code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060114152359

Image: 1.37:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: Spanish - 2.0 Mono LPCM

Subtitles: English

Age rating: 12

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ariadna Welter, Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo

Director: Luis Buñuel


Synopsis:

In Luis Buñuel’s darkly comic psychodrama, the rich and debonair Archibaldo, a would-be serial murderer, sees his passions and deadly impulses frustrated at every turn, only to find fate intervening on his behalf.

A key work of his Mexican period, Buñuel’s extraordinary The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz anticipates his later, more famous films with a gloriously twisted, ambiguous tale of bourgeois hysteria, sin and transgression. Full of pitch-black humour and Surrealist flourishes, the film is an unjustly neglected gem from one of cinema's greatest artists.

Extras: 

• Presented from the new 4K restoration by Cineteca Nacional México.
• Surreal Frames: A three-part video series by writer and filmmaker Cristina Álvarez López investigating the development and key phases of Buñuel's filmography.
• Film historian David Wilt's visual essay on The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz.
  Buñuel's annotated personal script (BD-Rom).
• 24-page booklet featuring writing by film scholar and Euñuel expert Jordi Xifra, and Cristina Álvarez López.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• UK Premiere on Blu-ray.