Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987 · directed by Francesco Rosi

Rating

69/100

Hit

no

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), directed by Francesco Rosi, rates 69/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Rupert Everett
• Ornella Muti
• Gian Maria Volonté
• Lucia Bosè
• Anthony Delon
• Alain Cuny
• Sergi Mateu
• Vicky Hernández
• Caroline Lang
• Carolina Rosi

Crew

• Pasqualino De Santis — Director of Photography
• Ruggero Mastroianni — Editor
• Piero Piccioni — Original Music Composer
• Francesco Rosi — Screenplay
• Tonino Guerra — Screenplay

More from Francesco Rosi

1. Salvatore Giuliano (1962) — 84/100 · hit
2. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) — 81/100 · hit
3. The Mattei Affair (1972) — 76/100
4. Hands Over the City (1963) — 75/100
5. Many Wars Ago (1970) — 74/100
6. Illustrious Corpses (1976) — 70/100

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