Arturo Ripstein.  Profundo carmesí (Deep Crimson).  Mexico.  1996.

A. Robert Lauer

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Film poster for Deep Crimson 

Marisa Paredes and Daniel Giménez Cacho
Regina Orozco y Daniel Giménez Cacho
Arturo Ripstein and Paz Alicia Garcíadiego

Film Credits:
Title:   PROFUNDO CARMESÍ  <<<(in English and Spanish)
   Other Titles:  DEEP CRIMSON
   Director:   Arturo RIPSTEIN  <<< (a bit of info. on Ripstein)
   Release Year:  1996
   Copyright Year:  1996
   Production Year:  1996
   Production Company:   Ivania Films
          Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
          MK2 Productions
          Wanda Films
          Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica
          Gobierno del Estado de Sonora
          Televisión Española
          Productions Traversiere
          Canal+
          FONCA
   Country:   Mexico
          France
          Spain
   Synopsis:   Set in 1946 in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. Nicolás Estrella and Coral Fabre formulate a plan to exploit old and lonely widows. Things begin to go wrong when Coral becomes jealous of the other women and starts to murder them.
   Cast:  Daniel GIMÉNEZ CACHO    Nicolás Estrella
          Regina OROZCO   Coral Fabre
          Marisa PAREDES  Irene Gallardo
          Verónica MERCHANT   Rebeca Sanpedro
          Julieta EGURROLA    Juanita Norton
          Patricia REYES SPÍNDOLA Mrs. Ruelas
          Rosa FURMAN Mrs. Silberman
          René PEREYRA    Iduarte, policeman
          Alvaro CARCAÑO  Home Run Motel clerk
          Alejandra MONTOYA   Ifi
          Esteban SOBERANES   barman
          Sherlyn GONZÁLEZ    Teresa Fabre
          Fernando SOLER P.   Don Dimas
          Gastón MELO ticket seller
          Alexandra VICENCIO  Imelda
          Bianca FLORIDO  Mercedes Sanpedro
          Paco MAURI  post office clerk
          Giovanni FLORIDO    Carlitos Fabre
          Juán de la LOZA car salesman
          Oscar CASTAÑEDA Doroteo
   Credits:   Arturo RIPSTEIN Director     <<< Ripstein Interview (in Spanish)
          Tita LOMBARDO   Executive Producer
          Miguel NECOECHEA    Producer
          Pablo BARBACHANO    Producer
          Marín KARMITZ   Co-producer
          José María MORALES  Co-producer
          Fernando SARIÑANA   Co-producer (IMCINE)
          Puy ORIA    Production Supervisor
          Yvon CRENN  Production Manager
          Alejandro ARROYO    Unit Manager
          Benjamín CABRAL Unit Manager
          Laura MOCTEZUMA Unit Manager
          Eduardo CORONA  Location Manager
          Tlacateotl MATA Post-production Supervisor
          Iván ÁVILA  Assistant Director
          Edmundo DÍAZ    Assistant Director (2nd)
          Mariana GIRONELLA   Script Supervisor
          Leticia CÓRDOBA Casting
          Paz Alicia GARCÍADIEGO  Screenplay    <<< Interview in Spanish    BRIEF BIOGRAPHY (Eng.)
          Guillermo GRANILLO  Director of Photography
          JR  Special Effects
          Rafael CASTAÑEDO    Editor
          Mónica CHIRINOS Art Director
          Patricia NAVA   Art Director
          Marisa PECANINS Art Director
          Macarena FOLACHE    Art Director
          Antonio MUÑO-HIERRO Set Decorator
          Mónica NEUMAIER Wardrobe
          Carlos SÁNCHEZ Make-up
          Eduardo GÓMEZ   Hairstyles
          Raúl ESQUIVEL   Wigs
          Eduardo MENDOZA Titles
          David MANSFIELD Music
          Dan GELLERT Music Mixer
          Jorge BARTOLUCCI    Tango Choreography
          Gabriel ROMO    Sound Design
          Carlos FARUOLO Sound Design
          Antonio BETANCOURT Direct Sound
          Jaime BAKSHT    Sound Re-recording (THX)
          Lena ESQUENAZI Dialogue Editor
          Rogelio VILLANUEVA Sound Effects Editor
   Running Time:  115
   Colour Code: Colour
   Awards:
       Venice Festival Awards     1996
          Gong for Best Screenplay - Paz Alicia GARCÍADIEGO
       Venice Festival Awards     1996
          Osella d'Oro for music - David MANSFIELD

Based on Leonard Kastle's 1969 murder mystery The Honeymoon Killers

Reviews:

   Film Review [Spec.No.] 22 (Yearbook 1997/98): 30.  ENG .illus.
   Empire 100 (October 1997): 52.  ENG. illus.
 *Sight and Sound 7.9 (September 1997): 40-41.  ENG. illus.
   Amante Cine 65 (July 1997): 2-3.  ESP. illus.
 *Positif 433 (March 1997): 26-33.  FRE. illus.  Article on the film PROFUNDO CARMESI and an interview with 
      Arturo Ripstein and Paz Alicia Garcíadiego mentioning this film amongst others.
   Première 239 (February 1997): 28.  FRE. illus.
   Télérama 2455.29 (Jan 1997): 32-33.  FRE. illus.
   Télérama 2455.29 (Jan 1997): 33-34.  FRE.  Illus.  Interview with Arturo Ripstein director of PROFUNDO CARMESI.
   Cineinforme 681 (January 1997): 79.  SPA.
   Film Français 2645.27 (Dec 1996): p.II [middle pages].  FRE. illus.
   Variety (9 Sep 1996): 118.  ENG.
   Screen International 1060.31 (May 1996): 20.  ENG.
   Screen International 1051.29 (Mar 1996): 28.  ENG.


Bibliography:

*Berg, Charles Ramírez.  «Cracks in the Macho Monolith: Machismo, Man, and Mexico in Recent Mexican Cinema.” 
New Orleans Review 16.1 (1989): 67-74. 

*D’Lugo, Martin.  Review of Deep CrimsonFilm Quarterly 52.4 (1999): 33-36. 

Lauer, A. Robert.  “La visión mítica de Arturo Ripstein: La mujer del puerto.”  Entorno: Revista Cultural de la
Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez 51-52 (1999): 7-10. 

*Mahieu, José Agustín.  “Entrevista con Arturo Ripstein.” Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos [Madrid] 558 (1996): 83-94. 

*Mora, Sergio de la.  “A Career in Perspective: An Interview with Arturo Ripstein.”  Film Quarterly 52.4 (1999): 2-11. 

“The Mexican Cinema Project: The Retrospective 1919-1992: The Films of Arturo Ripstein and Jaime Humberto
Hermosillo.”  Noriega, Chon A. (ed. & introd.); Ricci, Steven (ed.); Rosen, Robert (introd.); Durán Loera, Ignacia (introd.). The Mexican Cinema Project.  Mexican Film and the Literary Tradition; Contemporary Mexican Cinema; Classic Mexican Cinema.  Los Angeles: UCLA Film and Television Archive, 1995.  57-104. 


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