

A hired gun questions everything—except why this obscure Mexican neo-western slaps so hard.
Acting
Julio Aldama's weary killer eyes say everything.
Cinematography
Harsh Mexican landscapes as moral desert.

Director
Alberto Mariscal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Alberto Mariscal was a prolific actor turned director in Mexican cinema's golden age of genre films.
Crisol exemplifies the 'Mexican western' subgenre that reimagined American tropes through class-conscious, Catholic-guilt lens.