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L'hiver dernier (2011)
Extremely slow and incredibly dull
I pretty much knew after 20 minutes that this film was going nowhere, yet I toughed it out until the final credits. Very thin story with unremarkable characters, told at a painfully slow pace.
One of the reasons I chose this film was in thinking that the cinematography might be able to carry the day. Unfortunately, that too was underwhelming. There was simply nothing to keep me involved and I was close to dozing off a handful of times.
Can't fathom this film getting any kind of North American distribution deal. It just wouldn't have any broad appeal in these parts with its understated presentation and would be a tough sell even to the art house crowd.
Screened at the 2012 SF International Film Festival
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964)
VERY creepy episode and the three principal actors died untimely deaths
Creepiest episode of the series.
Script by Ray Bradbury but it is rather ghoulish.
Death and dying
Exhumations and mummies and all in front of the children!
Even worse is what happened to the three major characters in real life:
Frank Silvera, who played Alejandro,the crypt keeper, was accidentally electrocuted repairing his garbage disposal at age 55
Alejandro Rey, who played Juan Diaz, died of lung cancer at age 57
Pina Pellicer, who was Maria Diaz, died tragically of a suicide at age 30