Rio's hottest new game: blackmail, betrayal, and bodies. Who's playing who?
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
Direction
Ripstein's debut already shows his eye for moral rot
Acting
Silvia Pinal's calculated vulnerability steals both segments
Director
Arturo Ripstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ripstein was only 22 when he co-directed this, making him one of Mexico's youngest feature directors. Luis Alcoriza was Buñuel's regular screenwriter, which explains the acidic aftertaste.
This emerged during the 'Nuevo Cine Mexicano' wave, when young filmmakers rejected the era's nationalist melodramas for imported European cool—hence the Rio setting and the Godard-esque structural games.
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