La muerte camina en la lluvia

This movie is just great! "La muerte camina en la lluvia" (death walks in the rain) It's set in Buenos Aires when a serial murderer kills people only in rainy days and always leaving a note beside the body: "S. Lopez". The police find out that the killer lives in an old "pension" (some kind of big house in which the owner rents the rooms). So, when a professor from Uruguay arrives at the mansion, he is asked by the police to help the investigation. Problems begin when the professor is murdered, as if the killer knows he's being chased by the police. If you enjoy mystery and who-done-its, then you should give this movie a try. Guillermo Battaglia's and Nicolás Fregues's performances are superb. This movie deserves a remake.

I discovered my first Carlos Hugo Christensen films noir with "No Abras Nunca Esa Puerta", brilliant adaptation of two William Irish novels, with an astounding cinematography.



So I got back to youtube, and found that second adaptation of Steeman's "l'Assassin Habite Au 21", after Clouzot's already brilliant direction. And the result is again marvellous, everything is chirurgically precise : cinematography, editing, actors direction (and they're all excellent, very tense). I cannot say more without spoiling, it's a true cinema lesson to be studied in universities.

On youtube, there are two versions : don't chose the 1h13 with nasty print, search the 1h20 restored and be ready to discover a completly forgotten and truely cinematic director, Carlos Hugo Christensen. Brilliant director from 1939 to 1996.