The River and Death
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]
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| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Luis Alcoriza |
| Produced by | J. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba |
| Starring | Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Víctor Alcocer, Jaime Fernández |
| Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
| Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
| Music by | Raúl Lavista |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Cast
- Columba Domínguez – Mercedes
- Miguel Torruco – Felipe Anguiano
- Joaquín Cordero – Gerardo Anguiano
- Jaime Fernández – Romulo Menchaca
- Víctor Alcocer – Polo Menchaca
- Silvia Derbez – Elsa
- José Elías Moreno – Don Nemesio
- Carlos Martínez Baena – Don Julian
- Alfredo Varela – Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
- Miguel Manzano – don Anselmo
Background
The film, an adaptation of a novel about a 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. Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.
References
- Goble p.8
- "Muro blanco en roca negra - Detalle de la obra - Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México - FLM - CONACULTA". www.elem.mx. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- "Arquivos Miguel Álvarez Acosta". Plano Crítico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- Gonzalez, Ed (2004-09-02). "Review: The River and Death". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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