| Deep Crimson | |
| Director: | Arturo Ripstein |
| Producer: | Marin Karmitz Pablo Barbachano José María Morales Miguel Necoechea |
| Starring: | Regina Orozco Daniel Giménez Cacho |
| Music: | David Mansfield |
| Cinematography: | Guillermo Granillo |
| Editing: | Rafael Castanedo |
| Runtime: | 114 minutes |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Gross: | 31.6 million ESP |
Deep Crimson (Spanish; Castilian: '''Profundo Carmesí''') is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like The Honeymoon Killers before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of "Lonely Hearts Killers", Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10.[1]
The film won eight Ariel Awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Ariel. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at Sundance and won three Golden Osellas at the Venice Film Festival. It was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.[2] [3]