Cronos /

In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquis...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Cronos (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- (Screenwriter), Luppi, Federico (Actor), Perlman, Ron, 1950- (Actor), Brook, Claudio (Actor), Shanath, Tamara (Actor), Isabel, Margarita (Actor), Álvarez, Javier, 1956-2023 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	Spanish English
Language Notes:	Spanish and occasional English dialogue; with English subtitles.
Published:	Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2016]
Subjects:	Vampires > Drama. Immortality > Drama. Antiquarians > Drama. Businessmen > Drama. Grandchildren > Drama. Antiquarians. Businessmen. Grandchildren. Immortality. Vampires. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Horror films. Vampire films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films > Mexico. Foreign language films > Spanish. Films de vampires. Films d'horreur. Films de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white skin that burns under sunlight and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Elsewhere in the city, a dying industrialist obtains the alchemist's journal, learns of the device, and imports his American nephew to track down and obtain the device, by force if necessary. Señor Gris can grasp the gift of time, but the cost is high. Can he keep his soul intact faced with such great temptation, or will he be overcome?
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1992. Includes optional interactive transcript in English.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (92 min.)) : digital, sound, color.
Awards:	Ariel Awards, 1993 [Mexico's premiere film awards]: Golden Ariel (Guillermo del Toro); Cannes Film Festival, 1993: Mercedes-Benz Award (Guillermo del Toro)
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; production designer, Tolita Figueroa ; editor, Raul Davalos ; music, Javier Alvarez ; special effects, Laurencio Cordero.