Deep Crimson

{{Infobox film

| name = Deep Crimson

| image = DeepCrimson.jpg

| caption = Spanish theatrical poster

| director = Arturo Ripstein

| producer = Marin Karmitz
Pablo Barbachano
José María Morales
Miguel Necoechea

| writer = Paz Alicia Garciadiego

| narrator =

| starring = Regina Orozco
Daniel Giménez Cacho

| music = David Mansfield

| cinematography = Guillermo Granillo

| editing = Rafael Castanedo

| released = {{film date|1996}}

| runtime = 114 minutes

| country = Mexico

| language = Spanish

| gross = 31.6 million ESP

}}

Deep Crimson ({{langx|es|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.

Plot

Cast

Regina Orozco as Coral Fabre
Daniel Giménez Cacho as Nicolás Estrella
Sherlyn as Teresa
Giovani Florido as Carlitos (as Giovanni Florido)
Fernando Soler Palavicini as Don Dimas (as Fernando Soler P.)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Sra. Ruelas
Alexandra Vicencio as Imelda (as Alexandra Vincenzio)
Julieta Egurrola as Juanita Norton
Marisa Paredes as Irene Gallardo
Rosa Furman as Sara Silberman

Reception

=Critical reception=

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10.{{cite web|title=Deep Crimson (1996)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deep_crimson|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|accessdate=March 5, 2018}}

=Awards and honors=

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.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences{{cite web |title=44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=24 November 1997 |url=//www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html |accessdate=13 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980213090309/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/97.11.24.html |archivedate=13 February 1998 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}