Crimen Ferpecto
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| Directed by | Álex de la Iglesia |
| Written by | Álex de la Iglesia Jorge Guerricaechevarría |
| Produced by | Roberto di Girolamo Gustavo Ferrada Álex de la Iglesia |
| Starring | Guillermo Toledo Mónica Cervera Luis Varela Fernando Tejero Javier Gutiérrez |
| Cinematography | José L. Moreno |
| Edited by | Alejandro Lázaro |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Crimen Ferpecto, released in the United States as The Perfect Crime, is a 2004 Spanish black comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Álex de la Iglesia.
Plot
Rafael is a women's clothing clerk at a large Madrid department store, Yeyo's. His department is filled with beautiful, comely young women whom Rafael routinely seduces. When Rafael vies for a management position with Don Antonio, a men's clothing clerk whom Rafael despises, a fluke causes Don Antonio to win the promotion. He fires Rafael and a fight ensues in which Rafael accidentally kills Don Antonio. Lourdes, an ugly and unassuming clerk at the store, witnesses the outcome of the fight, helps Rafael incinerate the body, and provides an alibi for the police. Rafael wins his coveted promotion, but at a terrible cost: Lourdes blackmails Rafael into an unwanted relationship. He is forced to fire his many former lovers, to marry Lourdes (she proposes on a live reality TV show) and to support clown-like women's clothing of her design. Rafael becomes so depressed he begins to hallucinate, seeing the ghost of Don Antonio who suggests Rafael should kill Lourdes. As the police are also pressing him again, he causes a fire in the department store and fakes his death, in front of his wife and a police officer. Five years later, he (with a false identity) has a small business selling ties and socks, but Lourdes' clown-like clothes are a success and she becomes a millionaire.
Cast
- Guillermo Toledo - Rafael González
- Mónica Cervera - Lourdes
- Luis Varela - Don Antonio Fraguas
- Enrique Villén - Comisario Campoy
- Fernando Tejero - Alonso
- Javier Gutiérrez - Jaime
- Kira Miró - Roxanne
- Rosario Pardo - Señora despistada
Reception
The film received very positive reviews from critics, 85% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 53 reviews and an average score of 7.1/10 according to Rotten Tomatoes.
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