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Aug 1, 2023 · The Image: Juan lurching towards the felled cyclist with Maria Jose* silhouetted in the background, swathed in her black coat ( https://aestheticoftheimage39.files.w...) - almost knowing in...
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Death of a Cyclist (Spanish: Muerte de un ciclista) is a 1955 social realist Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Italian actress Lucia Bosè, who was dubbed into Spanish by Elsa Fábregas. It won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
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Upper-class geometry professor Juan and his wealthy, married mistress, Maria José, driving back from a late-night rendezvous, accidentally hit a cyclist, and...
Apr 21, 2008 · Death of a Cyclist borrows the language of classical Hollywood melodrama, specifically the Hitchcock thriller—its strategies of emotional identification, its glossy surface, and its glamorous close-ups that emphasize the star.
Jun 2, 2023 · There’s a moment when everything falls silent.Muerte de un ciclista(Death of a Cyclist, 1955)Directed by #JuanAntonioBardem
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Juan Antonio Bardem's charged melodrama Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) was a direct attack on 1950s Spanish society under Franco’s rule. Though it was affected by the dictates of censorship, its sting could never be dulled.
