Old gringo
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Old gringo |
| Original title | Old gringo |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Luis Puenzo |
| script |
Aída Bortnik Luis Puenzo |
| production |
Lois Bonfiglio David Wisnievitz |
| music | Lee Holdridge |
| camera | Félix Monti |
| cut |
William M. Anderson Glenn Farr Juan Carlos Macías |
| occupation | |
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Old Gringo is an American adventure film from 1989. Directed by Luis Puenzo and written by Aída Bortnik and Luis Puenzo based on the 1985 novel Gringo Viejo by Carlos Fuentes .
action
The teacher Harriet Winslow went to Mexico in 1913 , where she was supposed to look after the children of the Miranda family. Before leaving, she argues with her mother, who does not approve of the idea and therefore withheld the letter from the Mexican family for a long time.
Once in Mexico, Harriet Winslow gets caught up in the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution . The Miranda family, a large landowner, has since been driven from their hacienda by insurgents . Harriet also involuntarily contributed to this, as the rebels smuggled weapons in their luggage into the Mirandas' property.
Once there, Winslow meets an elderly American who pretends to find death in the revolution. She also made the acquaintance of the insurgent general, Tomas Arroyo, whose troops had captured the Mirandas' estate. Winslow flirts with both men and has a night of love - the first in the life of this "old maid" - as she calls herself - with Arroyo.
Arroyo shoots the old American, who dies in the arms of Winslow, for nothing. Arroyo is then executed on the orders of the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa . Only after his death does she find out about the true identity of the "old gringo": it is the American writer Ambrose Bierce who wants to die anonymously in Mexico. Harriet brings Bierce's body back to the United States in a coffin. In the last scene you can see her driving on a cart next to the coffin. Her voiceover says she will never forget the two men.
Reviews
Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post on October 6, 1989 that the film was so " nonsensical " that it could become a " classic " in that regard .
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “ impressive ” but that it suffered “ from the overload of folkloric snapshots ” that would sometimes make it ridiculous. The production was described as " almost baroque " and " colorful "; the main actors were praised as “ excellent ”.
Awards
Jane Fonda was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 1990.
backgrounds
The film was shot from January 18, 1988 to April 29, 1988 on various locations in Mexico . It grossed approximately $ 3.57 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Old Gringo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Old Gringo at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Hal Hinson
- ↑ Old Gringo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .