The Frenchman's Garden

The Frenchman's Garden
Film poster
SpanishEl huerto del francés
Directed byJacinto Molina
Screenplay by
  • Jacinto Molina
  • Antonio Fos
Starring
  • Mª José Cantudo
  • Ágata Lys
CinematographyPolo Villaseñor
Edited byJosé Luis Peláez
Music byÁngel Arteaga
Production
company
Laro Films
Release date
  • 5 June 1978 (1978-06-05)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Frenchman's Garden (Spanish: El huerto del francés) is a 1978 Spanish rural psycho-thriller[1] film directed by Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy) based on the Frenchman's garden serial murder case. It stars María José Cantudo and Ágata Lys.

Plot

The plot deals about the crimes of Juan Aldije "el Francés" and José Muñoz Lopera in Peñaflor, province of Seville.[2]

Cast

Production

A Laro Films production, the film was shot in 1977 in locations including the area where the real crimes took place in.[3]

Release

The film was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1978.[3] The film was restored by Cultural Diversity Films and selected for screening at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival.[4]

Reception

Ángel Sala described the film as "a sort of bloodstained Julio Romero de Torres painting, which satisfactorily reconstructs the period".[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio (2012). Spanish Horror Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7486-3638-9.
  2. ^ Matellano, Víctor (8 October 2020). "Terror patrio". HuffPost.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marroquín, Alberto (13 September 2020). "La resurrección de la gran película de Paul Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.
  4. ^ Sala, Ángel (7 October 2020). "Recuperando la memoria del cine de género español". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  5. ^ Pérez Barredo, R (1 October 2020). "Sitges rescata El huerto del francés, obra maestra de Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.