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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0825745201594 Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Desert Mountain Languages: Manufacturer: Desert Mountain MPN: D52015D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Desert Mountain Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 07, 2003 Running Time: 130 minutes Studio: Desert Mountain Theatrical Release Date: November 28, 1986 Editorial Review: Description: Based on a classic story by Latin American literature master Juan Rulfo, this drama tells the story of Dionisio Pinzon, a poor peasant living in a small Mexican town with his mother. He becomes interested in cock fighting when he is given an injured gamecock; together they set off to find their fortune in cockfights and gambling. This profound film by Arturo Ripstein is in part an homage to Bunel's work in Mexico. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Ripstein's Bunuelesque masterpieceThis is great movie, a morality tale based on the literary genius of one of Juan Rulfo's books, this is a movie that will connect with many audiences in spite of the subject matter. The story evolves around Dionisio Pinzon played by Ernesto Gomez who most recently was seen in the excellent movie "El Callejon de Milagros (Midaq Alley?)." Pinzon is a character who the audience has sympathy for initially but as he learns the ways of the world he becomes despicable. In the beginning of the movie ... Read More Rating: - ASTONISHING, CRUEL, AND SORDID WORK OF ARTFrom cockfights to corruption to lust to touches of perversion and the extremes men (and women) go to in order to escape the ravages of poverty. It's all here and more. The movie brings to mind several filmmakers, Bunuel, whom Ripstein had worked with, Fellini, Rossellini, Kusturica, the ones who can take the dark side of humanity, the depravities and cruelties, and convert them into stories in which you can actually identify with the characters despite the fact that they are less than admirable. ... Read More |
