Magnicidios Poe
Any coincidence with reality is a f***ing coincidence
Genres
Overview
The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by five skillful pencil artists. A documentary, a video essay, a collage, a provocative experiment where various pop culture figures and icons perform unexpected cameos. The macabre joke of a jester. Never more.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
44 min
Release Date
2017-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
2
Kikol Grau
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Francisco Franco
Himself (archive footage)
Juan Carlos I
Himself (archive footage)
Luis Carrero Blanco
Himself (archive footage)
5.5
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1983-06-24 | en
7.5
Little Big Man
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
1970-12-23 | en
7.5
Love and Death
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
1975-06-10 | en
6.4
Cat Ballou
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
1965-06-24 | en
6.0
Fallas 37: el arte en guerra
In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the Second Republic moves to Valencia. In this situation, several Valencian artists and intellectuals decide to build four fallas — satirical plasterboard sculptures created to be burnt — to mock fascism.
2013-03-02 | es
0.0
Franco on Trial: The Spanish Nuremberg?
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2018-02-20 | en
6.3
Calladita
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2024-05-17 | es
5.4
Testosterone
Dean has been stumped for some time in his attempt to produce a follow-up to "I was a Teenage Speed Freak," his incredibly successful graphic novel. His fans expect great things from him and his editor, Louise, is hounding him. Instead of working, however, Dean spends his time searching for his Argentine lover Pablo, who went out one night for cigarettes and never came back.
2003-09-11 | en
6.0
Alfonso Sánchez
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1980-01-01 | es
7.9
The Saragossa Manuscript
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1965-06-10 | pl
7.4
Trinity Is Still My Name
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1971-10-21 | it
6.5
Ace High
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1968-10-02 | it
6.5
The Love Bug
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
1968-12-23 | en
7.0
Marta and Surroundings
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2000-01-14 | es
0.0
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2023-10-27 | ca
5.0
Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious
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1964-01-01 | en
0.0
Four Shorts on Architecture
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
1975-10-10 | en
6.0
The Pirates of Penzance
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems.
1983-02-18 | en
0.0
Kam s ním?
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1956-12-14 | cs
7.0
The Great Mouse Detective
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