Directed by:
Juan Bustillo OroCinematography:
Agustín JiménezComposer:
Max UrbanCast:
Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller, Emma Roldán, Alberto Miquel, Manuel Noriega, José Cortés, Conchita Gentil Arcos, Sofía Haller (more)VOD (1)
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Made in the early days of Mexican sound cinema, this vividly stylized melodrama hinges on an audacious, ahead-of-its-time flashback structure. When the ailing monk Javier recognizes a brother newly arrived at his cloister, he inexplicably becomes deranged and attacks him. What causes his madness? Director Juan Bustillo Oro recounts the two men’s shared past—a tragic rivalry over the love of a woman—twice, once from the point of view of each, heightening the contrasts between their accounts with visual flourishes drawn from the language of German expressionism. With its gothic sets, elaborate lighting, and daring camera work by avant-garde photographer Agustín Jiménez, Dos monjes is a broodingly intense outlier in Mexican cinema, plumbing the depths of psychological torment and existential mystery with experimental verve. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Víctor Urruchúa
Mexico
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Carlos Villatoro
Mexico
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
The Phantom of the Monastery (1934)
Magda Haller
USA
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Emma Roldán
Mexico
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Castle of Purity (1973)
Museum of Horror (1964)
Alberto Miquel
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Manuel Noriega
Spain
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
The River and Death (1955)
José Cortés
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Crypt of Horror (1964)
Conchita Gentil Arcos
Spain
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954)
Daughter of Deceit (1951)
Sofía Haller
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Beltrán de Heredia
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
The Phantom of the Monastery (1934)
Manuel Bernaldez
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
Hugo Taboada
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)