Cronos (film)
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| Directed by | Guillermo del Toro |
| Produced by | Arthur H. Gorson Bertha Navarro Alejandro Springall |
| Written by | Guillermo del Toro |
| Starring | Federico Luppi Ron Perlman Claudio Brook Margarita Isabel |
| Music by | Javier Álvarez |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
| Editing by | Raúl Dávalos |
| Distributed by | Fondo de Fomento Cinematográfico, Vetana Films |
| Release date(s) | September 2, 1993 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish English |
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Cronos (1993) is a film written and directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring veteran Argentine actor Federico Luppi and American actor Ron Perlman, the first of several films that del Toro, Luppi, and Perlman have collaborated on.[1]
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[edit] Plot
An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, finds a 450 year old mechanical device in the base of a statue. After winding the beautifully crafted, golden scarab-shaped device, an internal clockwork mechanism suddenly exuded spider-like "legs" to gripped him tightly, then inserted a needle into the skin and delivers a payload of (presumably) an unidentified solution.
The viewer later "sees" that inside the device lurks an entombed, yet living insect that is meshed with the internal clockwork, and is the horrific originator of the solution. Gris is unaware of these details, however.
Eventually, he discovers that his health and vigour is returning with a vengeance, as is his youth. His skin loses its wrinkles, and even his hair thickens, as does his sexual appetite. Unfortunately, it also imparts a thirst for blood, which at first disgusts him, but he eventually succumbs to the temptation. Later, he dies, but returns to life - in one of the more gruesome episodes of the movie, he revives in an undertaker's establishment, his mouth sewn shut, and dressed in funeral clothes.
A rich, dying businessman, Dieter de la Guardia, has been aware of the existence of the device for many years, and has amassed a lot of information about it, at considerable expense. He finally finds out that it has been hidden in a statue, and has his thuggish nephew, Angel, scouring the world for it. This is much to Angel's disgust, as he hates his uncle with a passion, and can't wait until he dies so he can inherit his fortune.
The elderly antique dealer is not willing to give it up, as he has obviously developed a need for it, and senses that a man like de la Guardia would use it to the world's great disadvantage, and he endangers his young granddaughter in his fight to keep it.
[edit] Cast
- Federico Luppi as Jesús Gris
- Ron Perlman as Angel de la Guardia
- Claudio Brook as Dieter de la Guardia
- Tamara Shanath as Aurora Gris
- Margarita Isabel as Mercedes
- Daniel Giménez Cacho as Tito
- Mario Iván Martínez as Alchemist
- Farnesio de Bernal as Manuelito
- Juan Carlos Colombo as Funeral Director
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Narrator (voice)
- Luis Rodríguez as Buyer
- Javier Álvarez as Bleeding Man
- Gerardo Moscoso as Drunk
- Eugenio Lobo as Stoned Man
- Adriana Olivera as Tango Student
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cronos at the Internet Movie Database.
[edit] External links
- Cronos at the Internet Movie Database
- Cronos at Allmovie
- Cronos at Metacritic
- Cronos at Rotten Tomatoes
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