Life Sentence 1979

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A tense and high-wire portrait of Mexico in the '70s.

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About Life Sentence 💬

"El Tarzan" Lira (Pedro Armendáriz Jr.), an ex-convict, decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life, becoming a bill collector for a bank. But when a corrupt cop blackmails him, he is left with no other option but to return to the once glittering but now dingy underworld of crime he so naturally inhabited.

Life Sentence Movie Details 🎥

Directed by

Arturo Ripstein

Writing Credits

Arturo Ripstein and Vicente Leñero (Writer)

Luis Spota (Novel)

Starring

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Narciso Busquets

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Pilar Pellicer

Angélica Chain

Ana Ofelia Murguía

Roberto Cobo

Rodrigo Puebla

Yolanda Rigel

Ramón Menéndez

Socorro de la Campa

Yaco Alva

Salvador Garcini

Antonio Bravo

Roberto Dumont

León Singer

Jorge Fegán

Eduardo Cassab

Martha Meneses

Laura Alfaro

Agustín Silva

Marta Resnikoff

Humberto Vilchis

Eduardo Borja

Roberto Monterrubio

María Barber

Pepe Arévalo

Jorge Patiño

Julián Pastor

Ana Martín

Music by

Miguel Pous

Cinematography by

Jorge Stahl Jr.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Mexico

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