Chronicle of a Death Foretold

May 8, 1987

1h 49m

★ 7.4

Overview

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Les Films Ariane

France 3 Cinéma

Italmedia Film

Soprofilms

RAI

Chronicle of a Death Foretold Trailers

Cast

Bayardo San Roman

Rupert Everett

Angela Vicario

Ornella Muti

Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Gian Maria Volonté

Placida Linero

Lucia Bosè

Santiago Nasar

Anthony Delon

El Viudo Xius

Alain Cuny

Giovane Cristo Bedoya

Sergi Mateu

Clotilde Armenta

Vicky Hernández

Margot

Caroline Lang

Flora Miguel

Carolina Rosi

Coronel Aponte

Silverio Blasi

Giovani Cristof

Sergi Mateu

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