El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime)
(2004)
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El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime)
(2004)
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Guillermo Toledo | ... |
Rafael González
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| Mónica Cervera | ... |
Lourdes
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Luis Varela | ... |
Don Antonio Fraguas
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| Enrique Villén | ... |
Comisario Campoy
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Fernando Tejero | ... |
Alonso
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Javier Gutiérrez | ... |
Jaime
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| Kira Miró | ... |
Roxanne
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Rosario Pardo | ... |
Señora despistada
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Gracia Olayo | ... |
Concha
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José Alias | ... |
Matías
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Penélope Velasco | ... |
Susana
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Montse Mostaza | ... |
Helena
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Eduardo Gómez | ... |
Taxista
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Enrique Martínez | ... |
Pepón
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Alicia Andújar | ... |
Desiree
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Rafael is the best salesman in the biggest department store of Madrid. He is a fascinating man; all his colleagues fell in love with him. He tries to live a high-standard life. He is definitely ambitious and aspires to be the new head of sales on his floor. But he has to beat Don Antonio: the best salesman in the man wearing sector. Competition gets harder and harder, until Rafael kills Don Antonio! Lourdes, the ugliest woman in the store, unexpectedly helps Rafael to hide the corpse, but her help isn't for free. Rafael will soon start considering a new crime. A new perfect crime. Written by 1felco
Now, this movie is not going to mark the history of dark comedy cinema, but believe me it's waaay better than a whole lot of stuff that has been strewn around by USA, French and Italian makers lately. The pacing is fast, well kept though with a few ludicrously foreseeable passages; the cast is really good in painting the characters, almost all of them well performed and denoted, in landscaping the interpersonal relations and the working environment, in adding the zest of surreality which makes the good of the movie but -at the same time- avoiding the downfall into clownesque. Indeed, there is a clear directorial decision to remove this movie from the "credibility" section, to the surreal/grand-guignol/grotesque side, but the operation is successful, if you do not mind...and if you know where the "FerPecto" inversion comes from, then you'll enjoy it. The very end is indeed below the expectations that the plot built, but you won't guess it in advance.