
Set in 1940s northern Mexico, this film re-tells the story of "The Lonely Hearts Killers", a famous couple of murderers who made victims of lonely and wealthy widows in the USA. Coral (Orozco) is a rotund and passionate nurse who knows handsome gigolo Nicolas Estrella (Gimenez Cacho) and falls for him immediately. Nicolas rejects her because she's not rich, but Coral is determined to get him at any cost. She abandons her children and follows the man in spite of his way of liv... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in 1940s northern Mexico, this film re-tells the story of "The Lonely Hearts Killers", a famous couple of murderers who made victims of lonely and wealthy widows in the USA. Coral (Orozco) is a rotund and passionate nurse who knows handsome gigolo Nicolas Estrella (Gimenez Cacho) and falls for him immediately. Nicolas rejects her because she's not rich, but Coral is determined to get him at any cost. She abandons her children and follows the man in spite of his way of living. Together they will scheme to swindle and murder women who look for love and companions writing letters to a sentimental courier.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis is a chilling tale by one of Mexico's most respected directors. |
| Filmcritic.comKeith BreeseAfter the last gasp, the question remains: Why have we subjected ourselves to this film? I can't answer that. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThis monstrous love story serves up film noir at its most darkly authentic: it plays for keeps. |
| User ReviewPrivate UI always watch Spanish films without the subtitles first, and being somewhat weak in the language, in no way realized this film was a comedy...what a surprise when I watched it the second time. |
| User ReviewChalen KDisturbing and dark. Few films cast large women as lead characters, this film combines unusual casting with a morbid, strange and twisted storyline. A+ |
| User ReviewAlex FA sick and twisted love story. Gem of modern Mexican cinema. |
| User ReviewRobert Pde esos amores que ya no existen... como disfrutè esta pelicula , la maligna complicidad |
| User ReviewJose SLa pelÃcula más accesible de Ripstein, da una versión muy interesante del "amor"... Regina Orozco, genial. |
| User ReviewErnesto SRipstein remarkable movie about real life based serial killers goes deeper than any Hollywood version of it, from The Honeymoon Killers to Natural Born Killers. Deep Crimson shows a unique understanding and profound love connection between two unlikeable characters. You're supposed to hate Nicolas and Coral, but instead you actually feel their own frustrations and understand their actions. With a splendid brief performance by Julieta Egurrola, wonderful art direction, music and top notch acting by Giménez Cacho and Regina Orozco, this is the movie that should've won the Oscar for Foreign Movie in 1997. |
| User ReviewStella Dan obese nurse meets a balding lothario and they form an obsessive relationship based on their mutual insecurities. a beautifully done mexican adaptation of the lonely hearts murder case of the 1940's with some truly haunting scenes and a lovely score |