Deep Crimson (Spanish: Profundo carmesí) is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like The Honeymoon Killers before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of "Lonely Hearts Killers", Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.

Deep Crimson
Spanish theatrical poster
Directed byArturo Ripstein
Written byPaz Alicia Garciadiego
Produced byMarin Karmitz
Pablo Barbachano
José María Morales
Miguel Necoechea
StarringRegina Orozco
Daniel Giménez Cacho
CinematographyGuillermo Granillo
Edited byRafael Castanedo
Music byDavid Mansfield
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish
Box office31.6 million ESP

Plot

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Cast

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Reception

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Critical reception

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10.[1]

Awards and honors

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The film won eight Ariel Awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Ariel. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at Sundance and won three Golden Osellas at the Venice Film Festival. It was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Deep Crimson (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ^ "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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