| The River and Death | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Spanish | El río y la muerte |
| Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
| Written by | Luis Alcoriza |
| Produced by | J. Ramón Aguirre, Armando Orive Alba |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares |
| Edited by | Jorge Bustos |
| Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
The River and Death (Spanish:El río y la muerte) is a 1954Mexican film. It was written byLuis Alcoriza and directed byLuis Buñuel.[1]The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952[2] novelMuro blanco en roca negra (White Wall on a Black Rock).[3][4]
The film, an adaptation of a novel about blood revenge that has lasted for several generations, is so country-specific that the audience at theVenice Film Festival thought it was a comedy.[citation needed] Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality.[5]
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