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THE RUIN OF MEN / LA PERDICI¼N DE LOS HOMBRES |
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- Direction: Arturo Ripstein.
- Screenplay: Paz Alicia Garciadiego.
- Cinematography: Esteban de Llaca, Guillermo Granillo.
- Editing: Carlos Puente.
- Music: Leoncio Lara.
- Cast: Patricia Reyes Spindola, Rafael Inclan, Luis Felipe Tovar, Carlos Chavez.
- Producers: Laura Imperiale, Jorge Sðnchez.
- Production: Filmania Atletas; Gardenia Producciones (Mexico); Canal+ (Spain); Wanda Vision (Spain); IMCINE (Mexico).
- 35mm B&W 98'
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In the words of a famous Mexican song, "the ruination of men are damned women..." The ruination of the hero of this black comedy effectively takes the shape of two women and baseball. Two women who fight for the body of the man they shared in life and a game with an unforeseeable outcome... Expanded by the veteran Mexican director from an earlier short film, The Ruination of Men premiered in this year's San Sebastian Film Festival, winning the Golden Shell for Best Film (Ripstein's second after Principio y fin, in 1993), the FIPRESCI prize and the jury award for best screenplay, penned by the director;s wife and regular collaborator, Paz Alicia Garcßadiego.
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Arturo Ripstein
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Biography
He was born in Mexico, in 1943. In 1962 he worked as assistant director on Luis Buèuel's The Exterminating Angel, and in 1965 he made his own first film, Tiempo de morir, based on a script by Gabriel Garcßa Mðrquez and Carlos Fuentes. Such is Life is his 23rd feature film and his 9th collaboration with Paz Alicia Garcßadiego. He is one of the most important filmmakers in the world today.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
1965 Tiempo de morir
1969 La hora de los ni~nos
1972 El castillo de la pureza
1976 Lecumberri, el palacio negro
1977 El lugar sin lßmites
1978 Cadena perpetua
1985 El imperio de la fortuna
1988 Mentiras piadosas
1991 La mujer del puerto
1993 Principio y fin
1994 La reina de la noche
1995 Profundo carmesß
1997 El evangelio de las maravillas
1999 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
2000 Asi es la vida
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| THE RUIN OF MEN |
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CINE PROVLITA 3 |
Saturday 11/11, 19:00 |
| THE RUIN OF MEN |
B' |
CINE PROVLITA 3 |
Monday 13/11, 16:30 |
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