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Boulevard Movies :: Drama :: Death of a Cyclist (Criterion Collection DVD)

Death of a Cyclist (Criterion Collection DVD)

Originally titled Muerte de un Ciclista (Death of a Cyclist), it is a Spanish-filmed guilt trip with overtones of social upheaval. The young wife (Lucia Bose) of an older industrialist inaugurates an affair with a university professor. While driving from their trysting place, the adulterous couple runs down and a cyclist. They can't go to help him without exposing their affair, so the cyclist is left to die on the side of the road. The consequences of this act destroys the lovers' lives -- but not before director Juan Antonio Bardem has illustrated the shallow upper-class lifestyle that has fostered the woman's amorality in the first place. Shorn of its sociological implications (which incurred the wrath of the Spanish press), the plotline of Age of Infidelity was later cannibalized for innumerable American TV dramas, and for the 1965 Theatre Five radio playlet "Ride to Nowhere." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Calle Bardem (2005), a documentary on the revolutionary life and career of director Juan Antonio Bardem
• Plus: a booklet featuring an essay by scholar Marsha Kinder and Bardem's 1955 call to arms for Spanish cinema

Details


ProductID	CRRN1744DVD
Number of Discs	1.00 Disc(s)
UPC	715515028622
Format	DVD
REGION CODE	1
Studio	CRITERION
Release Date	4/22/2008
Actors	Manuel Alexandre, Lucia Bosé, Carlos Casaravilla, Antonio Casas, Alberto Closas
Director	Juan Antonio Bardem
Video	Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio	Dolby Digital Mono
Language	Spanish
Subtitles	English
Availability	in stock
Price:	$23.19