El Crimen Perfecto

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El Crimen Perfecto ★★½ Ferpect Crime; Crimen Ferpecto; El Crimen Ferpecto 2004

The “perfect crime”? Seemingly not, but this dark comedy delivers. Womanizing department store salesman Rafael (Toledo) finds himself in a predicament. A dressing room scuffle leaves his archnemesis and men's department manager (Varela) dead, and Rafael takes it upon himself to dispose of the body. But unattractive Lourdes (Cervera), a sales assistant in love with Rafael, saw it all and even helps him, only to later blackmail him into marriage. Now Rafael must find a way to loosen Lourdes' clutches. In Spanish with English subtitles. 105m/C DVD . SP ITD: Alex de la Iglesia; W: Alex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarria; C: Jose L. Moreno; M: Roque Banos.

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