Screening of a new uncensored DCP from the Mexican Film Archive. 110 minutes.
Panelists: director Arturo Ripstein* and writer Paz Alicia Garcíadiego* (schedules permitting).
Directed by Arturo Ripstein. Produced by Miguel Necoechea, Pablo Barbachano. Screenplay by Paz Alicia Garcíadiego. Based on the screenplay of "The Honeymoon Killers" by Leonard Kastle.
Cast: Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Patricia Reyes Espíndola, Julieta Egurrola, Rosa Furman.
Inspired by the 1970 ...
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Screening of a new uncensored DCP from the Mexican Film Archive. 110 minutes.
Panelists: director Arturo Ripstein* and writer Paz Alicia Garcíadiego* (schedules permitting).
Directed by Arturo Ripstein. Produced by Miguel Necoechea, Pablo Barbachano. Screenplay by Paz Alicia Garcíadiego. Based on the screenplay of "The Honeymoon Killers" by Leonard Kastle.
Cast: Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Marisa Paredes, Patricia Reyes Espíndola, Julieta Egurrola, Rosa Furman.
Inspired by the 1970 film "The Honeymoon Killers," which was based on a true story, director Arturo Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garcíadiego deliver a blistering account of crime and vanity. Set in 1949 in northern Mexico, the story follows two-bit gigolo Nicolás Estrella (Daniel Giménez Cacho) as he becomes entangled with overweight nurse Coral Fabre (Regina Orozco). The sociopathic pair, perfectly matched in their depravity, go on a crime spree that targets lonely women. A film both tragic and funny, it also takes aim at romantic idealism and Mexican class prejudices.
