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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Title: Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Release Date: 8 May 1987

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Les Films Ariane, France 3 Cinéma, Italmedia Film, Soprofilms, RAI

Production Companies: Les Films Ariane, France 3 Cinéma, Italmedia Film, Soprofilms, RAI

Overview: This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

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Average Vote: 7.4 (75 votes)

Cast

  • Bayardo San Roman: Rupert Everett
  • Angela Vicario: Ornella Muti
  • Dr. Cristo Bedoya: Gian Maria Volonté
  • Placida Linero: Lucia Bosè
  • Santiago Nasar: Anthony Delon
  • El Viudo Xius: Alain Cuny
  • Giovane Cristo Bedoya: Sergi Mateu
  • Clotilde Armenta: Vicky Hernández
  • Margot: Caroline Lang
  • Flora Miguel: Carolina Rosi
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