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(Redirected from El huerto del francés)

The Frenchman's Garden
Film poster
SpanishEl huerto del francés
Directed byJacinto Molina
Screenplay by
  • Jacinto Molina
  • Antonio Fos
  • Starring
    • Mª José Cantudo
  • Ágata Lys
  • CinematographyPolo Villaseñor
    Edited byJosé Luis Peláez
    Music byÁngel Arteaga

    Production
    company

    Laro Films

    Release date

    • 5 June 1978 (1978-06-05)
    CountrySpain
    LanguageSpanish

    The Frenchman's Garden (Spanish: El huerto del francés) is a 1978 Spanish rural psycho-thriller[1] film directed by Jacinto Molina (Paul Naschy) based on the Frenchman's garden serial murder case. It stars María José Cantudo and Ágata Lys.

    Plot[edit]

    The plot deals about the crimes of Juan Aldije『el Francés』and José Muñoz LoperainPeñaflor, province of Seville.[2]

    Cast[edit]

  • José Calvo as José Muñoz Lopera[3]
  • María José Cantudo [es] as Andrea[3]
  • Ágata Lys [es] as Charo[3]
  • Silvia Tortosa as Amparo[3]
  • Julia Saly as Elvira[3]
  • Yolanda Ríos as Socorro[3]
  • Nélida Quiroga [es] as comadrona[3]
  • Carlos Casaravilla as don Antonio[3]
  • José Nieto as don Miguel[3]
  • Luis Ciges as verdugo[3]
  • Production[edit]

    A Laro Films production, the film was shot in 1977 in locations including the area where the real crimes took place in.[3]

    Release[edit]

    The film was released theatrically in Spain on 5 June 1978.[3] The film was restored by Cultural Diversity Films and selected for screening at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival.[4]

    Reception[edit]

    Ángel Sala described the film as "a sort of bloodstained Julio Romero de Torres painting, which satisfactorily reconstructs the period".[5]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio (2012). Spanish Horror Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7486-3638-9.
  • ^ Matellano, Víctor (8 October 2020). "Terror patrio". HuffPost.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marroquín, Alberto (13 September 2020). "La resurrección de la gran película de Paul Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.
  • ^ Sala, Ángel (7 October 2020). "Recuperando la memoria del cine de género español". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.
  • ^ Pérez Barredo, R (1 October 2020). "Sitges rescata El huerto del francés, obra maestra de Naschy". El Correo de Burgos.


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