The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | March 7, 2023
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Tragically comic, comedically tragic. A rare functional combo of thriller and comedy. A semi-hidden gem cinephiles should eagerly unearth.
| genre | Comedy | Drama | foreign | Thriller |
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| synopsis | A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan... |
| lead actors | Ernesto Alonso | Miroslava | Rita Macedo | Andrea Palma | Rodolfo Landa | Ariadna Welter | José María Linares Rivas | Leonor Llausás | Eva Calvo | Enrique Díaz 'Indiano' | Carlos Riquelme | Carlos Martínez Baena | Manuel Dondé | Armando Velasco | Armando Acosta | Eduardo Alcaraz | Janet Alcoriza | Rafael Banquells hijo | Antonio Bravo | Emilio Brillas | Lupe Carriles | Jorge Casanova | Jorge Chesterking | Ángel Di Stefani | Enedina Díaz de León | Enrique García Álvarez | Jesús Gómez | Leonor Gómez | Elodia Hernández | Francisco Ledesma | Salvador Lozano | Ángel Merino | Roberto Meyer | José Peña | Ignacio Peón | Chabela Durán |
| director | Luis Buñuel |