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'El Crimen Perfecto': Criminally amusing
by Hap Erstein

Languages and cultures may differ, but there is something universal about film noir and the felonious lengths that a man will go to because of a woman. When the point is illustrated by such a skillful, puckish storyteller as Spain's Alex de la Iglesia in a black comedy like El Crimen Perfecto (The Perfect Crime), the result is sublime entertainment. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Rafeal is the Don Juan of a big Madrid department store — an ambitious ladies department clerk who longs to become Floor Manager. When his chief rival, Don Antonio, is accidentally killed, Rafael must dispose of the body. He manages to get it into the incinerator room, but when he leaves the basement for a few minutes, the body disappears.

FILM FACTS ...

Panico Films

'El Crimen Perfecto'

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Starring: Enrique Villen, Fernando Tejero, Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera
Run time: 103 minutes
Release date: August 19, 2005
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Spanish, with English subtitles