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The Frenchman's Garden

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The Frenchman's Garden
Film poster
SpanishEl huerto del francés
Directed byJacinto Molina
Screenplay by
  • Jacinto Molina
  • Antonio Fos
Starring
  • Mª José Cantudo
  • Ágata Lys
CinematographyPolo Villaseñor
Edited byJosé Luis Peláez
Music byÁngel Arteaga
Production
company
Laro Films
Release date
  • 5 June 1978 (1978-06-05)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Frenchman's Garden (Spanish: El huerto del francés) is a 1978 Spanish rural psycho-thriller[1] film directed by Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy) based on the Frenchman's garden serial murder case. It stars María José Cantudo and Ágata Lys.

Plot

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The plot deals about the crimes of Juan Aldije "el Francés" and José Muñoz Lopera in Peñaflor, province of Seville.[2]

Cast

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Production

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A Laro Films production, the film was shot in 1977 in locations including the area where the real crimes took place in.[3]

Release

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The film was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1978.[3] The film was restored by Cultural Diversity Films and selected for screening at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival.[4]

Reception

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Ángel Sala described the film as "a sort of bloodstained Julio Romero de Torres painting, which satisfactorily reconstructs the period".[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio (2012). Spanish Horror Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7486-3638-9.
  2. ^ Matellano, Víctor (8 October 2020). "Terror patrio". HuffPost.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marroquín, Alberto (13 September 2020). "La resurrección de la gran película de Paul Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.
  4. ^ Sala, Ángel (7 October 2020). "Recuperando la memoria del cine de género español". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  5. ^ Pérez Barredo, R (1 October 2020). "Sitges rescata El huerto del francés, obra maestra de Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.