Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

109 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | May 8, 1987

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.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

109 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | May 8, 1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Soprofilms, France 3 Cinéma, RAI, Les Films Ariane, Italmedia Film
Original title Cronaca di una morte annunciata
Directors Eric Dionysius, Rachel Griffiths, Carlo Lastricati, Claudia Gómez, Gianni Arduini, Francesco Rosi, Salvatore Basile
Writers Francesco Rosi, Gabriel García Márquez, Tonino Guerra

Cast

Rupert Everett

as Bayardo San Roman

Ornella Muti

as Angela Vicario

Gian Maria Volonté

as Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Lucía Bosé

as Placida Linero

Anthony Delon

as Santiago Nasar

Alain Cuny

as El Viudo Xius

Sergi Mateu

as Giovane Cristo Bedoya / Giovani Cristof

Vicky Hernández

as Clotilde Armenta

Caroline Lang

as Margot

Carolina Rosi

as Flora Miguel

Silverio Blasi

as Coronel Aponte

Carlos Miranda

as Pidro Vicario

Rogerio Miranda

as Pablo Vicario

Leonor Gonzales

as Victoria Guzman

Edgardo Román

as Faustino Santos

Irene Papas

as Madre de Angela