From Arturo Ripstein, one of Mexico's most acclaimed directors, comes this harrowing, international award-winning drama based on the notorious "lonely hearts murders" case that inspired Leonard Kastle's 1970 cult classic, THE HONEYMOON KILLERS. Regina Orozco gives a chilling performance as Coral, and obese and desperately lonely nurse. Daniel Gimenez Cacho Costars as Nicholas, a pathetic gigolo, who robs Coral after she answers his personals ad. Posing as brother and sister, Coral and Nicholas set out to defraud their victims, but obsessive jealousy leads to a series of shocking and senseless murders that seal the couple's fate.
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Based on the true story of the "Lonely Hearts Murder," renowned director Arturo Ripstein's Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesi) is an emotionally charged and profoundly original take on serial killing.
Nicolas Esrella has made a meager living seducing and then stealing from lonely, often widowed, women he meets through personal ads in local newspapers. While trying to victimize Coral, a hefty, half-mad nurse obsessed with Estrella's movie star looks, Nicolas can't help felling in love with her merciless enthusiasm for his seedy lifestyle. Together, the pair roam the back roads of Mexico looking for lonely women who Nicolas seduces and the insanely jealous Coral then murders.
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In 1940s Mexico, an unhappy, overweight nurse abandons her children to take up with a womanizing drifter who resembles her idol, Charles Boyer. After she blackmails him, they begin a messy crime spree in which they murder a series of wealthy widows. Disturbing and compelling, this acclaimed film is based on the "Lonely Hearts Killers" case, the same real-life case which inspired the 1969 film THE HONEYMOON KILLERS.
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