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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 River and Death
Directed by	Luis Buñuel
Written by	Luis Alcoriza, Luis Alcoriza
Produced by	J. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba
Starring	Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero, Víctor Alcocer, Jaime Fernández
Cinematography	Raúl Martínez Solares
Edited by	Jorge Bustos
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Release date	September 1954 (1954-09)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Cast

• Columba Domínguez – Mercedes
• Miguel Torruco – Felipe Anguiano
• Joaquín Cordero – Gerardo Anguiano
• Jaime Fernández – Romulo Menchaca
• Víctor Alcocer – Polo Menchaca
• Silvia Derbez – Elsa
• José Elías Moreno – Don Nemesio
• Carlos Martínez Baena – Don Julian
• Alfredo Varela – Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.)
• Miguel Manzano – don Anselmo

Background

The film adaptation of a novel about a 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. Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The River and Death at IMDb

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