The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Arturo RipsteinDirector
- Gabriel García MárquezWriter
- Carlos FuentesWriter
- Carlos Jiménez MabarakOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marga LópezMariana Sampedro
- Jorge Martínez de HoyosJuan Sayago
- Enrique RochaPedro Trueba
- Blanca SánchezSonia
- Tito JuncoDeputy
- Quintín BulnesDiego Martín Ibáñez
- Miguel MacíaDruggist
- Carlos JordánCasildo
- Arturo MartínezBarman
- Hortensia SantoveñaRosita
- Carolina BarretSonia's Mother
- Manuel DondéBarber