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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.
An adulterous couple, Juan (Alberto Closas) and María José (Lucia Bosè) run down a cyclist on their way back to Madrid after a clandestine meeting in the outskirts. Rather than call for help the couple, fearful of the discovery of their adulterous relationship, flee the scene of the accident.
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- Crime, Drama
- Juan Antonio Bardem
- 1955-09-07
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.
Jan 24, 2008 · In Spanish director Juan Antonio Bardem's lacerating Death of a Cyclist (1955), released in America as Age of Infidelity, a couple traveling through the countryside strike a man on a bicycle. When they get out of their car to examine him, they find that he is injured but not dead.
- Juan Antonio Bardem
- Lucia Bose
A speeding 1952 Fiat 1400 hits a helpless bicyclist in the middle of nowhere and flees the scene. Inside the car, numbing fear grips university professor Juan and prominent socialite María José, realising they are in a compromising situation.
Apr 21, 2008 · Juan Antonio Bardem’s Death of a Cyclist (1955), one of the first Spanish films to win the critics’ prize at a major European festival, was crucial in launching the modern Spanish cinema.
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From the opening moments, when two lovers flee an accident in the Spanish countryside, a sense of doom bears down on every scene in Juan Antonio Bardem’s masterful Muerte de un ciclista ( US: Death of a Cyclist).
