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The Detective and Death
1994 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Detective and Death[1] (Spanish: El detective y la muerte) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez.[2][3]
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Plot
Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts (in lieu of the forest from the short story).[4][5]
Cast
- Javier Bardem as Detective Cornelio[6]
- Maria de Medeiros as Maria[6]
- Carmelo Gómez as Dark Man[6]
- Héctor Alterio as G.M.[6]
- Mapi Galán as Laura[6]
- Francis Lorenzo as Don Luis[6]
- Paulina Gálvez as Ofelia[6]
- Myriam de Maeztu as Rosa[6]
- Charo López as Duquesa[6]
- Jerzy Bończak as Hombre tiburón[6]
Production
Produced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films,[7] it was shot in between Llanes and Warsaw.[5]
Release
The film was presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1994.[4] It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994.[8]
Reception
David Rooney of Variety assessed that despite the bizarre meeting between film noir and gruesome fairy tale featuring "commanding perfs and arresting visuals", the helmer "encumbers the lugubrious thriller with pretentious hokum".[1]
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