Year: 1993
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Original Title: Cronos
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Cast: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath
Availability: VHS
Plot: A
antiquarian finds a box inside a device that can give eternal life, on one condition: to become a vampire
Comment:
Cronos is a dark tale, a dream where the dismal surreal finds its essence in the macabre and vulgar, but almost never in fetish friendly and gentle. History has esoteric roots, moved to the present, creating a mystique that will lead to weave two lives to the extreme. The wealthy industrialist and antiques dealer Jesus De La Porta have, for various reasons, desire to own an old instrument in which a trapped insect is capable of giving eternal life. But the search for what is presumed to be the happiness is not always satisfied, immortality has its price.
in his first big-screen director Guillermo del Toro accurately highlighting its distinctive features that characterize then his entire filmography. A fairytale start (then resumed in a much more pompous in Pan's Labyrinth), the fetish for insects, vision and sheer cunning of children and finally the use of one of its players-Ron Perlman as a symbol. Film from the immense potential, perhaps a little 'faded from the warm hand of an inexperienced but Del Toro already pretentious, however, able to film a surprising punch in the stomach that will not trouble you any harm.
Cronos, despite the limited budget (2 million dollars), is one of the most expensive Mexican film ever. Its pre-production was dissestante and difficult, no one was able to finance the film so much that the director had to borrow half a million dollars to bring complete the project. The actors, however, turned it all without expecting pay, why Del Toro and Perlman became inseparable friends since then.
difficult to recover, a little gem hidden in the obscure depths of cinema.
Memorable Scene: the final, sad and touching.
Rating: 4 / 5 rating
Trash: nd
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