Deep Crimson is a 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

 Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 crime film

Crime film

Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...

 directed by Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein y Rosen is a Mexican film director.-Life and career:Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir...

, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Paz Alicia Garciadiego is a Mexican screenwriter known for her scripts for her husband's movies, Arturo Ripstein.- Scripts :*El carnaval de Sodoma *La virgen de la lujuria...

 and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Daniel Giménez Cacho is a Spanish-born Ariel award winner Mexican actor who has starred in several Mexican films such as Solo con tu pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley and Arráncame la Vida, among others as well as in Spanish Films and TV shows.He is known for having worked with some of the most...

. Like The Honeymoon Killers

The Honeymoon Killers

The Honeymoon Killers is a 1970 American film written and directed by Leonard Kastle, and starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco. It tells the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, the notorious "lonely hearts killers" who murdered at least 12 women in the 1940s...

before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of "Lonely Hearts Killers", Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez

Raymond Fernandez

Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" after their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949. Between 1947 and 1949 they are believed to have killed as many as twenty women...

, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.

Awards and honors

The film won eight Ariel Awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress

Ariel for Best Actress

The Ariel Award for Best Actress is a Mexican Academy of Film Award. It was awarded twice in 1947, then annually from 1948 through 1958, was not awarded from 1959 through 1971, and has been awarded annually since 1972. The award recognizes excellence in acting by a lead actress in Mexican cinema...

 and was nominated for the Golden Ariel

Golden Ariel

The Golden Ariel is the highest award for film in Mexico, given to individuals and institutions as part of the Ariel Award program by the Mexican Academy of Film.-2006:*Ernesto Alonso...

. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at Sundance

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 and won three Golden Osella

Golden Osella

The Golden Osella is the name of several awards given at the Venice Film Festival. They are awarded irregularly and in various categories such as directing, screenwriting, cinematography and 'technical contributions'.-Best Director:...

s at the Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

. It was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

, but it failed to earn a nomination.

See also

• The Honeymoon Killers
  The Honeymoon Killers
  The Honeymoon Killers is a 1970 American film written and directed by Leonard Kastle, and starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco. It tells the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, the notorious "lonely hearts killers" who murdered at least 12 women in the 1940s...
  
  , a 1970 film about the same events.
• Lonely Hearts, a 2007 film about the same events.