Dos monjes
Mexico • 1934
Director
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Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro • 1934 • MexicoStarring Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller This vividly stylized, broodingly intense early Mexican sound melodrama by Juan Bustillo Oro hinges on an audacious flashback structure. When an ailing monk recognizes a new brother at his cloister, he becomes deranged and attacks him. DOS MONJES recounts the men’s tragic shared past once from the point of view of each, heightening the contrasts between the two accounts with visual flourishes drawn from the language of German expressionism, including camera work by avant-garde photographer Agustín Jiménez.
Synopsis
Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro • 1934 • MexicoStarring Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller This vividly stylized, broodingly intense early Mexican sound melodrama by Juan Bustillo Oro hinges on an audacious flashback structure. When an ailing monk recognizes a new brother at his cloister, he becomes deranged and attacks him. DOS MONJES recounts the men’s tragic shared past once from the point of view of each, heightening the contrasts between the two accounts with visual flourishes drawn from the language of German expressionism, including camera work by avant-garde photographer Agustín Jiménez.
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Crew
DirectorJuan Bustillo Oro
CinematographerAgustín Jiménez
ComposerMax Urban
EditorJuan Bustillo Oro
ProducerJosé San Vicente, Manuel San Vicente