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      The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

      1959 1h 23m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 93% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A taxidermist is trapped in a marriage with a religious and emotionally unstable woman, so he plans to carry out the perfect crime. Read More Read Less

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      Robson C Um taxidermista tem um casamento de 20 anos onde a sua esposa o transformou em um inferno graças ao seu conservadorismo religioso e seus ciúmes e paranoias. Com tudo isso, ele decide assassiná-la. À primeira vista, o filme se vende com uma história de terror, graças às primeiras cenas e ao diálogo que a esposa tem com o padre. Porém, tudo muda quando surge o esposo, brilhantemente interpretado por Arturo de Córdova, e ele apresenta ser um homem bem humorado, amigo, simpático e inteligente, o contrário do monstro vendido por sua esposa. E aí o filme usa este conflito de personalidades: de um lado, se vê um homem de que todos gostam, que gosta de crianças e animais, de outro, o monstro vendido pela esposa que o padre, a irmã, o cunhado e as beatas acreditam. Pablo ama a esposa, tem desejos por ela, assumiu a hipoteca de uma casa velha, mas a esposa o atormenta de todas as formas imagináveis. O roteiro é muito bem construído, com algumas piscadelas para o público, indicando que algum assunto ou objeto será importante para a história. Na verdade, o espectador torna-se cúmplice de Pablo no seu crime, esperando as reviravoltas da história. Um filme divertidíssimo, inteligente, numa boa mistura de comédia com elementos de terror a la Edgar Alan Poe. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/23 Full Review tarot s Black humor! superb acting, beautiful cinematography. **Do not be detered by the black and white, as soon as you start watching it will captivate you and you will soon forget. The subtitles fade too. what I loved is the black humor and methaphors involving religion, science, faith and that regardless of one's beliefs and actions we all end up together within the consequences of what makes up society as a whole. This movie is one that was made during what's famously known in Latin America "The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema" a period where Mexican cinema was top notch. Within this category of Mexican Golden Era cinema I also recommend "Macario" [it received an Oscar nomination]. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A melodramatic tone; heavy shadow on the faces and yet the exaggerated tone is also played lightly with dark undercurrents. The true villain is never in doubt as Morales is tormented throughout by his awful wife. The interior photography is lovely and rich, the performances - de Córdova and Rivelles - are wonderful. A glorious satirical black comedy - gleefully attacking the hypocrisy of the church and it's adherents. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member What a fun movie with such a playful tone, it gives the middle finger to Catholic hypocrites. A great watch with the correct run time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member a jewel of the few black humor movies of the mexican cimena golden era. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as good as it could have been but a good try. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A taxidermist is trapped in a marriage with a religious and emotionally unstable woman, so he plans to carry out the perfect crime.
      Director
      Rogelio A. González
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Spanish
      Runtime
      1h 23m