Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Cronaca di una morte annunciata
Release: 1987-05-08
·Runtime: 109m
·★ 7.3
Crime
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Italy
France
Colombia
Production Companies
Les Films Ariane
France 3 Cinéma
Italmedia Film
Soprofilms
RAI
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Edgardo Román
as Faustino Santos
Irene Papas
as Madre de Angela
Carolina Rosi
as Flora Miguel
Silverio Blasi
as Coronel Aponte
Gian Maria Volonté
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Lucia Bosè
as Placida Linero
Caroline Lang
as Margot
Rogerio Miranda
as Pablo Vicario
Lucy Martínez
Rupert Everett
as Bayardo San Roman
Anthony Delon
as Santiago Nasar
Ornella Muti
as Angela Vicario
Alain Cuny
as El Viudo Xius
Sergi Mateu
as Giovane Cristo Bedoya, Giovani Cristof
Vicky Hernández
as Clotilde Armenta
Carlos Miranda
as Pedro Vicario
Crew
Xavier Gélin
Associate Producer
Francesco Rosi
Director, Screenplay, Adaptation
Tonino Guerra
Screenplay, Adaptation
Franco Bruni
Camera Operator
Pasqualino De Santis
Director of Photography
Marco Pontecorvo
Assistant Camera
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Pierre Gamet
Sound
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
Felipe Aljure
Production Assistant
Salvatore Basile
First Assistant Director
Gabriel García Márquez
Novel