2000 · drama · dark-comedy
The Ruination of Men
Directed by Arturo Ripstein1h 46m2000
A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.
Our read: The Ruination of Men (2000) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · dark-comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / dark-comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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