El juego de la verdad (1963) Poster

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Mysterious and intriguing drama about a murder with a lot of suspect people
ma-cortes12 January 2021
Lucia : Madeleine Robinson , is a mature and wealthy woman who has a love relationship with a young called Juan : Sami Frey who goes on seducing here and there . At a party , various marriages : Leo Anchoriz , Maria Asquerino , Jose Bodalo, Maria Paz Pondal , Alberto Dalbes , Maria Casares, Guillermo Marin get together to have fun with plenty of drinking , alcohol and perverse sexual games . But a terrible event happens when there take place a Becerrada . As a corpse suddenly appears and there several suspicious among the party guests.

This is a mystery movie with a main question , who's the killer ? . From the beginning a murder occurs , from now on , being developed a long flashback containing suspense , thriller and intrigue . Acceptable and passable mystery murder in which tension , thrills , plot twists , suspenseful incidents are continuous . Based on an interesting and surprising storyline from notorious writers as Vicente Coello, Pedro Maso, Jaime de Armiñan and Jose Maria Forque himself . Forque shoots with artfulness and skillness enough this complex and well-paced flick , moving between the social criticism and Noir Film . Director develops in adequate manner a dozen of peculiar roles , giving a brief description on each character . It results to be a Spanish/French co-production with varios French actors , in fact the French version is titled "Couple Interdit" has less cuts than the Spanish rendition that was heavily edited by the stiff local censorship . In spite of it , this El Juego de la Verdad 1963 turns out to be overly strong by the time , the early Sixties when the movies were extremely and rigidly censored . Stars the veteran French actress Madeleine Robinson as the Lady who maintains a peculiar relation wiith a young sediucer interpreted by Sami Frey of a long cinematic career. Along with a large number of familiar faces , such as : Leo Anchoriz , Alberto Dalbes , Carlos Lemos , Maria Asquerino, Guillermo Marin , Mary Paz Pondal , Pilar Cansino, Carlos Lemos, Jose Orjas , Mar8a Casares , Agustín González, among others .

The motion picture was professionally directed by Jose Maria Forque , though it has some gaps and failures . Jose Maria Forque was born in Zaragoza, being father of actress Veronica Forque and director Álvaro Forque . Forque was a good Spanish filmmaker who directed movies of all kinds of genres . He was a filmmaker and writer , known for shooting some classic Spanish films such as "Atraco a las 3", "Un millon en la Basura" , "Accidente 703" , "Amanecer en Puerta Oscura" , among others . Forque also directed some international co-productions as "Tarot" with Gloria Grahame , "Mujer De Tierra Caliente" with Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser and "El Ojo del Huracán" with Jean Sorel , Tony Kendal.
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