Profundo Carmesí, a Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, dramatizes the real life serial killers known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers."
Ripstein's movie takes somewhat of a refuge in audacity with the brazenness of his two characters: Nicolas Estrella, a balding con-man who makes his living romancing rich old women from the personal ads, and Coral Fabre, a bitter and mercurial nurse who falls completely in love with him. Nicolas flies into a rage when seen without his wig, Coral sticks old men with needles when they don't pay her enough attention. Even after Coral quickly discovers his true intentions, Ripstein's film makes you
feel exactly what Coral believes: that the two are absolutely made for each other.
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I think the absurdity that lays in
Profundo Carmesí is there for that reason-- it has to be absurd, over the top, to make you understand this type of all-encompassing, narcissistic, obsessive love that the two share for each other, the type of love that convinces people that it's absolutely worth killing people. The romantic (and ridiculous) melodrama of the film also echoes the tone of the soap operas that Coral used to listen to, imagining that a man like Nicolas might come into her life. That style, alongside some of the extremely morbid black comedic moments that come out of Coral and Nicolas' exploits, honestly made this one of the most entertaining movies we watched this semester. I loved it, would recommend for those that share the strange obsession with serial killers that so many people have.
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