The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955 · 89 min · ES · 7.4 (132 votes)
Dir. Luis Buñuel · Starring Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo, Andrea Palma, Rodolfo Landa, Ariadna Welter · Music Jorge Pérez
ComedyCrimeDrama

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...

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A darkly whimsical and surreal journey into a man's peculiar ambitions. It's a stylish, unsettling black comedy that plays with fate and desire in unexpected, often absurd ways, leaving you with a lingering, peculiar feeling.

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