Murder in a Blue World

Una gota de sangre para morir amando

Spain, France

1973

100 Min

Color

2.35:1

Spanish

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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SCR Eloy de la Iglesia, José Luis Garci, Antonio Fos, Antonio Artero, George Lebourg

CAST Sue Lyon, Christopher Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramón Pons, Charly Bravo, Alfredo Alba, Antonio del Real, David Carpenter, Ramón Fernández Tejela

PROD DES Eduardo Torre de la Fuente

When an out-cast gang member witnesses the disposal of a body at the river he decides to trace the killers with a view to blackmail. The search leads him to a secret mind-control laboratory for persistent offenders and the beautiful nurse, Anna. But when his own criminal past is exposed he finds himself next in line for the experimental treatment. —Amazon

Director

Eloy de la Iglesia

Born in the Basque town of Zaráuz on 1.1.1944. He studied film at the IDHEC in Paris and began making films in the mid-sixties; his films were considered provocative in Spain under Franco. Iglesia makes use of popular genres such as the thriller and the horror film in order to convey his social criticism; he was also one of the first to address homosexuality in his films. In 1996, San Sebastián film festival featured an extensive retrospective of his work. –Berlinale