Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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Release Date

5/8/1987

Runtime

109 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A haunting investigation into a killing everyone saw coming but couldn't stop, told through the fog of memory and regret. The film moves between past and present, asking how a whole town can stand witness to inevitable violence and remain complicit in silence.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeTenseWistful

Themes

MemoryComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Meditative

Look

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Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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