The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

Cast

Ernesto Alonso

as Archibaldo de la Cruz

Miroslava

as Lavinia

Rita Macedo

as Patricia Terrazas

Andrea Palma

as Mrs. Cervantes

Rodolfo Landa

as Alejandro Rivas

Ariadna Welter

as Carlota Cervantes

José María Linares Rivas

as Willy Corduran

Leonor Llausás

as The Governess

Eva Calvo

as Señora de la Cruz, Archibaldo's mother

Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'

as Señor de la Cruz, Archibaldo's father

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