Deep Crimson

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Deep Crimson

Released Oct 6, 1997

1h 50m

Crime

Drama

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Coral (Regina Orozco) is a lonely nurse who is desperate for love. She finds it in Nicolas (Daniel Giménez Cacho), a mysterious drifter who is known for using women to get what he wants. Nicolas doesn't love Coral, but he happily lets her think he does so he can use her as part of his con. Working together, the two travel the country, finding lonely, rich women for Nicolas to seduce, rob and eventually murder. The film is based on the shocking true story of "The Lonely Hearts Killers."

David Ansen

Newsweek

This monstrous love story serves up film noir at its most darkly authentic: it plays for keeps.

Mar 5, 2018

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

There were walk-outs when I saw the film; those who stay will not easily forget it.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

Mexican director Arturo Ripstein applies his usual degree of cinematic imagination to the sordid tale,

Rated: 2/4

Mar 28, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 4/5

Jun 26, 2005

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Keith Breese

Filmcritic.com

After the last gasp, the question remains: Why have we subjected ourselves to this film? I can't answer that.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 21, 2005

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dave s

Arturo Ripstein's Deep Crimson is a darkly amusing and visually impressive examination of sociopathic behavior. Coral (Regina Orozco) is the delusional mother of two young children who spends her days dreaming of romance. Nicholas (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) is a hustler, stealing from women who hope to date him. After the two meet, they eventually embark on a journey of theft and murder. Despite the fact that their nebulous relationship always feels a bit vague, their killing spree is both horrific and fascinating. The film is beautiful to look at - the sepia tone appearance allows the audience to almost feel the heat and taste the dust – and is aided by nimble camerawork, similar to the constantly probing lens of a Scorsese film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Ripstein remarkable movie about real life based serial killers goes deeper than any Hollywood version of it, from The Honeymoon Killers to Natural Born Killers. Deep Crimson shows a unique understanding and profound love connection between two unlikeable characters. You're supposed to hate Nicolas and Coral, but instead you actually feel their own frustrations and understand their actions. With a splendid brief performance by Julieta Egurrola, wonderful art direction, music and top notch acting by Giménez Cacho and Regina Orozco, this is the movie that should've won the Oscar for Foreign Movie in 1997.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

See The Honeymoon Killers instead.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A sick and twisted love story. Gem of modern Mexican cinema.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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La pelÃcula mÃ¡s accesible de Ripstein, da una versiÃ³n muy interesante del "amor"... Regina Orozco, genial.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Fantastic cinematography and fascinating, but unsympathetic, characters. It oddly manages to use a lot of facts about the actual Lonely Hearts murderers from the US while creating a fictional account staged in Mexico. An interesting, mad love thriller with so screwed up they could be real main characters.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

Coral (Regina Orozco) is a lonely nurse who is desperate for love. She finds it in Nicolas (Daniel Giménez Cacho), a mysterious drifter who is known for using women to get what he wants. Nicolas doesn't love Coral, but he happily lets her think he does so he can use her as part of his con. Working together, the two travel the country, finding lonely, rich women for Nicolas to seduce, rob and eventually murder. The film is based on the shocking true story of "The Lonely Hearts Killers."

Director: Arturo Ripstein
Producer: Pablo Barbachano, Marin Karmitz, José María Morales, Miguel Necoechea Jr.
Screenwriter: Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Production Co: Wanda Films S.L.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 1997, Original
Release Date (DVD): Aug 9, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.1K
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: 35mm

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