''Deep Crimson'' ( es, Profundo Carmesí) is a 1996 Mexican

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by

Paz Alicia Garciadiego Paz Alicia Garciadiego (Born September, 1949 México D.F.) is a Mexican screenwriter and scholar, known for '' The Beginning and the End (Principio y fin)'' (1993), '' Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí)'') (1996), and ''Bleak Street'' (2015). She a ...

and starring

Regina Orozco Regina Orozco (born 18 February 1964; Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her roles in Mexican films. Orozco won an Ariel Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Profundo Carmesí'' (1996). Subsequ ...

and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like '' The Honeymoon Killers'' before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of " Lonely Hearts Killers", Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.

Plot summary

Cast

as Coral Fabre * Daniel Giménez Cacho as Nicolás Estrella * Sherlyn as Teresa * Giovani Florido as Carlitos (as Giovanni Florido) * Fernando Palavicini as Don Dimas (as Fernando Soler P.) * Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Sra. Ruelas * Alexandra Vicencio as Imelda (as Alexandra Vincenzio) *

Julieta Egurrola Julieta Egurrola (born 13 June 1953, Mexico City) is a Mexican actress. She studied acting at ''Centro Universitario de Teatro'' and has participated in more than 41 theater plays. Trajectory Telenovelas TV Azteca * Los Rey (2012) ... ...

as Juanita Norton

Reception

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10.

Awards and honors

The film won eight Ariel Awards, including

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and Best Actress and was nominated for the

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. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at

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and won three

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s at the

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. It was Mexico's official submission for the

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, but it failed to earn a nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

References

External links

* * * * 1996 films 1990s Spanish-language films Films set in the 1940s 1996 crime drama films 1990s serial killer films Crime films based on actual events Films directed by Arturo Ripstein Films scored by David Mansfield Mexican thriller films 1990s Mexican films {{1990s-Mexico-film-stub