El Rio y la Muerte (1955)

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Movie Info

• Rating:
  NR
• Genre:
  Art House & International, Drama
• Directed By:
• Written By:
  Luis Buñuel
• In Theaters:
  Jun 30, 1955  wide
• Runtime:
  91 minutes

Cast

Jaime Fernández
as Romulo Menchaca

Jose Elias Moreno II
as Don Nemesio

Joaquin Cordero
as Gerardo Anguiano

Columba Dominguez
as Mercedes

Humberto Almazan
as Crescencio Menchaca

Victor Alcocer

Carlos Martinez Baena
as Don Julian

Miguel Torruco
as Felipe Anguiano

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Critic Reviews for El Rio y la Muerte

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The theme is the absurdity of Latin machismo and tribalism

Mar 21, 2010 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

The complicit The River and Death may be the closest thing to a contract job in Buñuel's entire canon.

Sep 2, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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