Death of a Cyclist

Muerte de un ciclista
Spanish film poster
Directed by	Juan Antonio Bardem
Written by	Juan Antonio Bardem Luis Fernando de Igoa
Produced by	Manuel Goyanes
Starring	Lucia Bosè Alberto Closas
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	Margarita Ochoa
Music by	Isidro B. Maiztegui
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	September 9 1955
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Muerte de un ciclista (Template:Lang-en) is a 1955 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem starring by Italian actress Lucia Bosè, who was dubbed into Spanish by by Elsa Fábregas. It won FRIPESCI award at Cannes Film Festival.

Plot Summary

1955. At the height of the cold war, almost twenty years under the Franco regime, Spain, a country fiercely divided by poverty and societal division prepares with the support of the United States, to enter into the United Nations. American investors arrive in Spain for the chance to buy into the developing Spanish economy. Meanwhile on a cold winter’s day, dusk is falling and the Sun’s dying rays hit the highway. Enrique Arízaga cycles past and off into the outlying horizon. Almost as soon as he has gone out of sight, a screeching of brakes is heard in the distance and a black car slams to a halt around the bend; the cricket chirps. A man jumps out and rushes over. On observing the cyclist is still breathing, he calls over to the woman, inside the car. She gets out and calls back over to him. The woman beckons him again to desert the scene of the accident, leaving the cyclist to die. The car moves off again disappearing towards Madrid.

Cast

• Lucia Bosè ... María José de Castro
• Alberto Closas ... Juan Fernandez Soler
• Otello Toso ... Miguel Castro
• Bruna Corra ... Matilde Luque
• Carlos Casaravilla ... Rafael "Rafa" Sandoval
• Manuel Alexandre

DVD

The film is going to be released in USA by The Criterion Collection.

External links

• Muerte de un ciclista at IMDb