Dimanche 24 mai 2026 10:00
Langues : deutsche Originalfassung lieux : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
La vie d’un homme qui exploite des femmes sans méfiance pour gagner sa vie est bouleversée lorsqu’il rencontre une complice en la femme qui l’aime et le contrôle.
"Deep Crimson", macabre and perverse, is based on a true story from the 1940s, about the ‘Lonely Hearts Killers’ – a couple who posed as brother and sister, victimized lonely widows and then killed them. Their story was told in a 1970 American film, "The Honeymoon Killers" by Leonard Kastle, but now here is Arturo Ripstein with a Mexican version that combines black comedy with horrifying heartlessness.
Roger Ebert
Ripstein loses Kastle’s overt satire and shoestring aesthetic, but the satirical underpinnings remain. A former assistant to Luis Buñuel and an impressive stylist even when budgetary restrictions have clearly limited him to a handful of sets, Ripstein uses Cacho’s seduction of a variety of women – from an aging alcoholic floozy to a widow made gullible by her piety – to cast a suspicious eye at several strata of Mexican society.
The A.V. Club
