Rafael is the best salesman in the biggest mall of madrid called yeyos, a corte ingles. The don juan of salesmen, a complete ladies man and the perfect salesman, named rafael, if in bitter competition with a rival salesman for the royal floor manager position in an. These were definitely well deserved nominations, as the performances in this film were fantastic. Rafael, a womens department manager at a spanish clothing store, is a womanizer concerned only with his own personal advancement and achieving what he believes to be a perfect life, is thwarted by lourdes, a sales clerk in the same store, and a rather unattractive woman, blackmails rafael into a. Crimen ferpecto, released in the united states as the perfect crime, is a 2004 spanish black comedy film cowritten, produced and directed. Other activities to help include hangman, crossword, word scramble, games, matching, quizes, and tests. Crimen perfecto is a brilliantly funny, brilliantly hip, comically dark movie about life in a department store. Style and refinement, an irresistibly seductive sales pitch, and an almost pathological need to maintain a. The don juan of salesmen, a complete ladies man and the perfect salesman, named rafael, if in bitter competition with a rival salesman for the royal floor manager position in an upscale spanish department store. Its too bad they didnt stick with the distinctive alternate, as the title the. Watched this dvd many times and learned more and more about the plot and never tire of seeing it again and again, you too will enjoy it and note the title is crimen ferpecto perfect crime which perfecto was deliberately not spelled correctly and understand why this film did that. Literally born in a mall department store, toledo represents all the values of his adopted space. Dial m for murder 1954 official trailer alfred hitchcock, grace kelly movie hd duration.
His department is filled with beautiful, comely young women whom rafael routinely seduces. With guillermo toledo, monica cervera, enrique villen, luis varela. Guillermo toledo the other side of the bed stars as the don juan of a big madrid department store an ambitious ladies department clerk who longs to become floor. In certain contexts, the concept of perfect crime is limited to just undetected crimes. The humor is strong on sitcom complications and short on human nature, and. I found that the ferpect crime does not give us a totally shallow film of lust, violence, and greed, but. An ambitious salesman will do anything for that big promotion hes been chasing, but inevitably, he will learn that there is no such thing as the perfect crime. The id ea of a perfect crime comes f rom this inter es t in crime, in tr ansgress in g the t ab oo. Worldwide spanish title alternative spelling crimen perfecto. In a month that has seen the 40yearold virgin, a wonderful comedy about romance in retail, this one seems oddly oldfashioned. A wicked good time a playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman in this black comedy from spain.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Song the grand duel parte prima from the grand duel ll grande duello. This spanish film, crimen ferpecto, doesnt sound so appealing based on its fairly typical plot. Rafael is a womens clothing clerk at a large madrid department store, yeyos. December 2, 2005 scattered clever moments do not a good dark comedy make.
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