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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genres: Gothic Film, Horror
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Summary:
This surreal variant on the classic vampire tale is the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who garnered international acclaim and several awards. The film tells the story of elderly antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi, in a role originally written for Max Von Sydow) who, with his eight-year-old granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath), discovers an ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Federico Luppi - (Jesus Gris)
Ron Perlman - (Angel de la Guardia)
Claudio Brook - (Dieter de la Guardia)
Margarita Isabel - (Mercedes Gris)
Tamara Shanath - (Aurora Gris)
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Review:
The simple, straightforward plot of director Guillermo_Del_Toro's Cronos is given resonance by a rich, intriguing mythology which emphasizes the grotesque, parasitic aspects of vampirism, stripping away the romantic aspects of the myth to define the vampire as essentially a highly-evolved form of parasitic insect, which the Cronos device itse... Continue >>

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