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
Cast
Rupert Everett
as Bayardo San Roman
Ornella Muti
as Angela Vicario
Gian Maria Volonté
as Dr. Cristo Bedoya
Lucia Bosè
as Placida Linero
Anthony Delon
as Santiago Nasar
Alain Cuny
as El Viudo Xius
Sergi Mateu
as Giovane Cristo Bedoya
Vicky Hernández
as Clotilde Armenta
Caroline Lang
as Margot
Carolina Rosi
as Flora Miguel
Silverio Blasi
as Coronel Aponte
Sergi Mateu
as Giovani Cristof
Carlos Miranda
as Pedro Vicario
Rogerio Miranda
as Pablo Vicario
Edgardo Román
as Faustino Santos
Irene Papas
as Madre de Angela
Lucy Martínez
Crew
Francesco Rosi
Director
Tonino Guerra
Screenplay
Pasqualino De Santis
Director of Photography
Francesco Rosi
Screenplay
Gabriel García Márquez
Novel
Xavier Gélin
Associate Producer
Franco Bruni
Camera Operator
Marco Pontecorvo
Assistant Camera
Tonino Guerra
Adaptation
Salvatore Basile
First Assistant Director
Felipe Aljure
Production Assistant
Francesco Rosi
Adaptation
Pierre Gamet
Sound
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer