TIEMPO DE MORIR

Arturo RIPSTEIN
  • 2016
  • Cannes Classics
  • Restored prints

Juan Sayago returns to his hometown after 18 years of being in prison, accused of killing Raul Trueba, a horse dealer. Juan wants to live peacefully, but knows that Julian and Pedro, Raul’s sons, had sworn to seek revenge for their father. Juan visits Mariana, a widowed woman who used to be Juan’s girlfriend. Everybody advises Juan to leave town. Mariana and Juan renew their love but she doesn’t want to leave with him. Julian challenges Juan to a duel in the same place Trueba died, Juan dresses as a gunman, says goodbye to Mariana and puts on glasses to kill his enemy. Exasperated, Pedro challenges Juan, who turns his back on him, and so the young man must shoot with his brother’s gun to hit him down.

Directed by : Arturo RIPSTEIN
Year of production: 1966
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90

Contacts

Production

  • ALAMEDA FILMS SA
    DIVISION DEL NORTE 2462-501 Col. Portales CP 033

    Mexico
    T: 525556880330

Distribution

International sales