The River and Death
(Redirected from El río y la muerte)
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Spanish | El río y la muerte |
Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
Written by | Luis Alcoriza |
Produced by | J. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The River and Death (Spanish: El río y la muerte) is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel.[1] The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952[2] novel Muro blanco en roca negra (White Wall on a Black Rock).[3][4]
Cast
- Columba Domínguez as Mercedes
- Miguel Torruco as Felipe Anguiano
- Joaquín Cordero as Gerardo Anguiano
- Jaime Fernández as Romulo Menchaca
- Víctor Alcocer as Polo Menchaca
- Silvia Derbez as Elsa
- José Elías Moreno as Don Nemesio
- Carlos Martínez Baena as Don Julian
- Alfredo Varela as Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
- Miguel Manzano as don Anselmo
Background
The film, an adaptation of a novel about blood revenge that has lasted for several generations, is so country-specific that the audience at the Venice Film Festival thought it was a comedy.[citation needed] Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.[5]
References
- ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 8. ISBN 3598114923.
- ^ "Muro blanco en roca negra". elem.mx. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Arquivos Miguel Álvarez Acosta". Plano Crítico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Gonzalez, Ed (2 September 2004). "Review: The River and Death". Slant Magazine.
- ^ Silva, Horacio (13 August 2008). "The Surreal McCoy". The New York Times Magazine.
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