Deep Crimson

Profundo Carmesi (Deep Crimson)
Spanish theatrical poster
Directed by	Arturo Ripstein
Written by	Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Starring	Regina Orozco Daniel Giménez Cacho
Music by	David Mansfield
Cinematography	Guillermo Granillo
Edited by	Rafael Castanedo
Release dates	1996 (1996)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Box office	31.6 million ESP

Deep Crimson (Spanish: Profundo Carmesí) is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like The Honeymoon Killers before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of "Lonely Hearts Killers", Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.

Awards and honors

The film won eight Ariel Awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Ariel. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at Sundance and won three Golden Osellas at the Venice Film Festival. It was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.

See also

• The Honeymoon Killers, a 1969 film about the same events.
• Lonely Hearts, a 2006 film about the same events.
• Alleluia, a 2014 film about the same events.
• List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Deep Crimson at IMDb
• Deep Crimson at AllMovie
• Deep Crimson at Rotten Tomatoes