The Mind and the Crime

Jan 1, 1961

1h 45m

★ 7.5

Symbol of an atypical noir documentary, an unclassifiable singularity.

Overview

The discovery of a human torso thrown into a waterway, leads the viewer to observe the work of modern criminology and the task of special agents to track and record the psychopath's mentality through the elucidation of techniques present in the reality of the police investigation.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Documentary

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Cast

Marciano Martín

Palmira Arzubide

Alfredo Wally Barrón

Richard B. Cain

Queta Carrasco

Mario Cid

Marcela Daviland

Felipe del Castillo

Alejandro Guerrero

Marta Zamora

THE SCREEN TESTS OF COSMOTROPIA DE XAM A collection of 12 screen tests from all over the world, based on a direction sheet of Cosmotropia de Xam. Starring: Elzabeth Hart of Psychic Ills, How I Quit Crack and Aura, Carmen Incarnadine, Shivabel, Black Madeleine, Jenni Hensler, Agnes Pándy, Suzy Poling, Omebi, Sarah Toon and Owleyes, Dania Myers, ∆AIMON

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0.0

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6.0

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3.8

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

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4.4

A Thought of Ecstasy

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5.4

Thot-Fal'N

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0.0

The Great Ice-Cream Robbery

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0.0

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7.2

Kaya

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0.0

Then a Year

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0.0

Russia as a dream

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5.8

6-18-67

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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6.9

The Five Obstructions

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6.9

Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

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3.0

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5.8

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