Ensayo de un crimen (1955)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.1/10   

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Escritores:

Luis Buñuel (writer)
Eduardo Ugarte (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 mayo 1955 (Mexico)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Drama

Plot:

The delirious journey of a mental disordered man, who is obsessed in making the perfect crime.

Plot Keywords:

Bizarre | Black Comedy | High Heels | Stockings | Attempted Murder

Premios:

1 win & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Minor Buñuel

Reparto

Miroslava Stern	...	Lavinia
Ernesto Alonso	...	Archibaldo de la Cruz
Rita Macedo	...	Patricia Terrazas
Ariadna Welter	...	Carlota Cervantes
Eva Calvo	...	Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother
Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'	...	Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father
Carlos Riquelme	...	The commissioner
Chabela Durán	...	Sister Trinidad
Carlos Martínez Baena	...	Priest
Manuel Dondé	...	Colonel at wedding
Armando Velasco	...	Judge
Rodolfo Landa	...	Alejandro Rivas
Andrea Palma	...	Mrs. Cervantes
Leonor Llausás	...	The governess
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Armando Acosta	...	Man at Gordo's
Eduardo Alcaraz	...	Gordo Azuara
Janet Alcoriza	...	American tourist
Rafael Banquells hijo	...	Archibaldo as a boy
Antonio Bravo	...	Antiques dealer
Emilio Brillas	...	mannequin maker
Lupe Carriles	...	Maid at Carlota's home
Jorge Casanova	...	draftsman
Ángel Di Stefani	...	police agent
Enrique García Álvarez	...	Chucho
Jesús Gómez	...	Lopez, policeman
Elodia Hernández	...	dress shop owner
Francisco Ledesma	...	Antique shop asst.
José María Linares-Rivas	...	Willy Corduran
Salvador Lozano	...	Gambler
Ángel Merino	...	handwriting expert
Roberto Meyer	...	Doctor
José Peña	...	Esteban
Ignacio Peón	...	wedding guest

También conocida como:

La vida criminal de Archibaldo de la Cruz
Rehearsal for a Crime
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (USA)

Duración:

89 min

País:

Mexico

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Sonido:

Mono

Locaciones de Filmación:

México D.F., Mexico

Compañía:

Alianza Cinematográfica Española

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Crimen ferpecto (2004)

Minor Buñuel

You can go through Ensayo de un crimen looking for symbolism and satirical details about bourgeois life. Ok but the movie itself is not really gripping.

Worst of all the narration is poorly handled. The smooth Buñuel style only works when the script is witty enough to keep you brisk with every single line and every single move. Example: El Angel exterminador (1962) keeps you awake, caring for a dozen characters and not having time to think it over.

The criminal life of Archibald de la Cruz can be divided in three parts depicting three criminal cases told by Archibald himself. The way they are interlaced does not help to keep a strong interest in the 'hero'. Everything is quite monotonous. It's Archibald's life ? Then why tell his life? Mixing scarce manic criminal attitudes with the life of a dull dandy does not make a tasty cocktail. Él (1952) had already the same narrative weakness but there were two main characters. Here nothing really goes on the side of fantasy and the settings are not great.

Personally I made do with the ideas/images Hitchcock might have taken from this fellow jesuit-ed schoolboy.