The River and Death

The River and Death
Film poster
SpanishEl río y la muerte
Directed byLuis Buñuel
Written byLuis Alcoriza
Produced byJ. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba
Starring
CinematographyRaúl Martínez Solares
Edited byJorge Bustos
Music byRaúl Lavista
Release date
  • September 1954 (1954-09)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

The River and Death (Spanish: El río y la muerte) is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel.[1] The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952[2] novel Muro blanco en roca negra (White Wall on a Black Rock).[3][4]

Cast

Background

The film, an adaptation of a novel about blood revenge that has lasted for several generations, is so country-specific that the audience at the Venice Film Festival thought it was a comedy.[citation needed] Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.[5]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 8. ISBN 3598114923.
  2. ^ "Muro blanco en roca negra". elem.mx. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Arquivos Miguel Álvarez Acosta". Plano Crítico (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Ed (2 September 2004). "Review: The River and Death". Slant Magazine.
  5. ^ Silva, Horacio (13 August 2008). "The Surreal McCoy". The New York Times Magazine.


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