1934 · drama · gothic
Two Monks
Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro1h 25m1934
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan, and suddenly attempts to bludgeon him to death with a heavy crucifix. Both men then relate their own versions of a story of romantic rivalry between them.
Our read: Two Monks (1934) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · gothic entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / gothic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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