| Perdita Durango | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Oscar Mariné | |
| Directed by | Álex de la Iglesia |
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| Based on | 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango by Barry Gifford |
| Produced by | Andrés Vicente Gómez |
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| Cinematography | Flavio Martínez Labiano |
| Edited by | Teresa Font |
| Music by | Simon Boswell |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
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Perdita Durango, released as Dance with the Devil in the United States, is a 1997 action-crime-horror film directed by Álex de la Iglesia, based on Barry Gifford's 1992 novel 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango. It stars Rosie Perez as the title character and Javier Bardem. Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, James Gandolfini, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins appear in supporting roles. It is a Spain–United States–Mexico coproduction.[1]
In the film, an imposter Santeria priest resorts to bank robbery to pay his debts. Afterwards, he finds a new partner in a woman he randomly met. She convinces him to include human cannibalism in his ceremonies, and to kidnap gringo college students with her. The priest heads to Las Vegas with his new companions, to meet with a gangster. Unfortunately for the priest, his supposed business associate wants him dead and has already hired a hit man for the job.
- ^ Buse, Triana Toribio & Willis 2007, p. 183.