DVD
Death of a cyclist
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; full screen version.
Languages
Spanish dialogue, English subtitles.
Performers
Alberto Closas, Lucia Bosé, Otello Toso, Carlos Casaravilla, Bruna Corrà, Julia Delgado Caro.
Publication Information
[New York] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Summary
Upper-class geometry professor Juan and his wealthy, married mistress María José, driving back from a late-night rendezvous, accidentally hit a cyclist and run. The resulting tale of guilt, infidelity, and blackmail reveals the wide gap between the rich and the poor in Spain and surveys the corrept ethics of a society seduced by decadence.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; "Calle Bardem" (2005), a documentary on the revolutionary life and career of director Juan Antonio Bardem; new and improved English subtitle translation; plus, a booklet featuring an essay by scholar Marsha Kinder and Bardem's 1955 call to arms for Spanish cinema.