Muerte de un ciclista [videorecording] = Death of a cyclist / Janus Films ; Suevia Films, Cesáreo González presenta la coproducción Guion-Cesáreo González, Madrid, Trionfalcine, Roma ; escrito por J.A. Bardem ; fotografía de Alfredo Fraile ; producido por Manuel J. Goyanes ; dirigido por J.A. Bardem.
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FilmPublisher number: CC1744D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 427.Publication details: [New York] : Criterion Collection, c2008.Edition: Special ed., full screenDescription: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)ISBN: - 1604650281
- 9781604650280
- Death of a cyclist
- Music, Isidro B. Maiztegui ; set decoration, Enrique Alarcón ; editing, Margarita Ochoa.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An adulterous couple is forced to take responsibility for their actions in this tense drama from Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bardem. Maria Jose (Lucia Bose) is a beautiful woman whose husband Miguel (Otello Toso) is a wealthy and powerful businessman. Juan (Alberto Closas) is a mathematics instructor at a Spanish college who is distantly related to Miguel, and owes his position to Miguel's influence. Juan was also Maria Jose's boyfriend when they were younger, and now they're carrying on an affair behind Miguel's back. One night, while driving home from an assignation, Juan and Maria Jose accidentally run over a man on a bicycle; the stranger quickly dies, and the lovers speed away rather than deal with the consequences. But over the next few days, Juan's conscience begins to bother him, and finds it hard to bear the knowledge that he took another man's life. Maria Jose is also troubled, but for different reasons; Rafa (Carlos Casaravilla), a devious socialite, infers to Maria Jose that he knows about her secret life, but she's not certain he he's just speaking about her infidelity or her role in the cyclist's death. A major critical success in Spain, Muerte de un Ciclista (aka Death Of A Cyclist) was released in Europe in 1955, the same year director Bardem published a controversial essay on the decline in Spanish cinema under the rule of Franco. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on a story by L.F. De Igoa.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; "Calle Bardem" (2005), a documentary on the revolutionary life and career of director Juan Antonio Bardem; new and improved English subtitle translation; plus, a booklet featuring an essay by scholar Marsha Kinder and Bardem's 1955 call to arms for Spanish cinema.
Music, Isidro B. Maiztegui ; set decoration, Enrique Alarcón ; editing, Margarita Ochoa.
Lucia Bosé, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay, Julia Delgado Caro, Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Mercedes Albert, Jose Sepulveda, Jose Prada, Fernando Sancho, Manuel Alexandre, Jacinto San Emeterio, Manuel Arbo, Emilio Alonso, Margarita Espinosa, Rufino Ingles, Antonio Casas, Manuel Guitian, Elisa Mendez, Jose Maria Rodriguez, Carmen Castellanos, Jose Maria Gavilan, Jose Navarro, Gracita Montes.
Upper-class geometry professor Juan and his wealthy, married mistress María José, driving back from a late-night rendezvous, accidentally hit a cyclist and run. The resulting tale of guilt, infidelity, and blackmail reveals the wide gap between the rich and the poor in Spain and surveys the corrupt ethics of a society seduced by decadence.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Spanish dialogue with optional English subtitles.