Chronicle of a Death Foretold

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

Cast

Rupert Everett

as Bayardo San Roman

Ornella Muti

as Angela Vicario

Gian Maria Volonté

as Dr. Cristo Bedoya

Lucia Bosè

as Placida Linero

Anthony Delon

as Santiago Nasar

Alain Cuny

as El Viudo Xius

Sergi Mateu

as Giovane Cristo Bedoya

Vicky Hernández

as Clotilde Armenta

Caroline Lang

as Margot

Carolina Rosi

as Flora Miguel

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