Dr. Pablo Morales
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Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (Spanish: El Esqueleto de la señora Morales) is a 1960 Mexican black comedy film based on Arthur Machen’s 1927 short story "The Islington Mystery". It is regarded by critics as one of the hundred best Mexican films of all time.
Skeleton of Mrs. Morales: Directed by Rogelio A. González. With Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea. A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
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- Comedy, Crime, Horror
- Rogelio A. González
- 1960
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales. A taxidermist is trapped in a marriage with a religious and emotionally unstable woman, so he plans to carry out the perfect crime.
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- Rogelio A. González
- Comedy, Drama
- Arturo de Cordova
Skeleton of Mrs. Morales. Jump to. Summaries. A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage. Bizarre movie about a sexually repressed taxidermist who finds solace in his job while his frigid and deformed wife psychologically tortures him because of his devotion to stuffed animals.
May 21, 2023 · Film critic and founder of the Avignon Film Festival Jean-Pierre Garcia specialises in Mexican film, and talks us through Skeleton of Mrs. Morales by Rogelio González screened at Cannes Classics in a restored version.
Satirizing the paradoxes that exist in Mexican society, Rogelio A. González’s macabre cult classic twists the knife into the hypocrisies of middle-class respectability with outrageous glee. Unafraid to be uproariously villainous, Arturo de Córdova turns taxidermy—and murder—into a carnivalesque act. Trailer.
For twenty years, Pablo Morales, a merry taxidermist, has been psychologically tortured by his nasty and puritanical wife, Gloria. One day, Pablo tells his friends that Gloria is visiting an aunt in Guadalajara. But in his laboratory, Pablo keeps a skeleton that he treats as if it were his wife…
