This item will be released on Monday 8th June. It will be shipped to arrive on or around the release date.

In Luis Buuels darkly comic psychodrama, the rich and debonair Archibaldo, a would-be serial murderer, sees his passions and deadly impulses frustrated at every turn, only to find fate intervening on his behalf.A key work of his Mexican period, Buuels extraordinary The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz anticipates his later, more famous films with a gloriously twisted, ambiguous tale of bourgeois hysteria, sin and transgression. Full of pitch-black humour and Surrealist flourishes, the film is an unjustly neglected gem from one of cinema’s greatest artists.EXTRAS The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un crimen, 1955) presented from the 4K restoration by Cineteca Nacional Mxico. Three video essays by writer and filmmaker Cristina lvarez Lpez investigating the development and key phases of Buuels cinema. David Wilt on The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz: a video essay by the film historian. Booklet featuring writing by film scholar and Buuel expert Jordi Xifra, and Cristina lvarez Lpez. A gallery of Buuels personal, complete annotated script for the film (BD-Rom). New and improved English subtitle translation. UK premiere on Blu-ray. Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).