Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer | |
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Director: | Isaac Pierre Racine Agustí Villaronga Lydia Zimmermann |
Producer: | Antonio Chavarrías Gustavo Montiel Pagés |
Starring: | Daniel Giménez Cacho Carmen Beato Zóltán Józan Mariona Castillo Aram González Eva Fortea Jesús Ramos Pepa Charro |
Music: | José Manuel Pagán |
Cinematography: | Guillermo Granillo |
Editing: | Ernest Blasi |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Country: | Mexico Spain |
Language: | Spanish |
Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer (Spanish; Castilian: Aro Tolbukhin: En la mente del asesino) is a 2002 film, written and directed by Isaac Pierre Racine, Agustí Villaronga, and Lydia Zimmermann. It was the 2003 Mexican submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The film tells the story of Aro Tolbukhin, a Hungarian salesman who sets fire to seven people in an infirmary in a mission in Guatemala. The film follows his life, from his childhood in Hungary to his arrival in Guatemala, in an attempt to determine his motivations.