THE CROWS ARE MOURNING [Los Cudervos Estan De Luto] (1965)
4347DVD
Legendary
Gothic Classic of Mexican Cinema
Original
Mexican/Spanish Title: LOS CUERVOS ESTAN DE LUTO [The Crows
Are Mourning]
director: Francico
del Vollar
starring: Silvia Pinal · Kitty de Hoyos · Narciso Busquets
· Jose Galvz · Lilia Prado
Don
Lacho is an old, rich (but miserly) patriarch living on an expansive
homestead with three grown sons and their families. One day, while everybody
is working in the fields, Lacho has a stroke after suffering from an
abdominal hernia. The family gathers together for a death watch as the
old man stubbornly clings to life. During the vigil, the ghost of his
dead wife visits Don Lacho and confesses to adultery. She reveals that
one of his children does not actually belong to him. This news makes
Lacho even more hateful and he uses it to stir even greater dread and
bitterness. He tells them that the illegitimate son and his family will
be totally disinherited. The quarrels and family tensions grow as Don
Lacho seems to feed from the turmoil and refuses to die.
This
film, based on the book/play by revolutionary rebel Hugo Arguelles,
has become a dark staple of Mexican cinema. The cinematography is exceptional,
universally compared to Mario Bava's MASK
OF SATAN. And the quirky soundtrack - an orchestrated collection
of thunderclaps and hen clucks [perhaps symbolic of the bickering families]
- is strikingly beyond circumspect. But despite the gothic mood and
a ghost, this is NOT a horror film. Rather, it
is a motion picture of corrosive black humor wrapped inside a social
criticism narrative. Renowned critic Rodolfo Usigli wrote: «With
Los Cuervos Estan de Luto, director Francisco gives a
resounding and very dark identity to Mexican cinema».
A
Mexican film
with option ON/OFF English subtitles; widescreen format,
uncut (96 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American
machine.
Extras include selected trailers.
Sexual
Situations/Adult Themes
For Mature Audiences
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