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Death of a Cyclist is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Jesús Franco with Lucia Bosè
Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Muerte de un ciclista
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Add to a movie listDeath of a Cyclist (Spanish: Muerte de un ciclista) is a 1955 social realist Spanish drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and starring Italian actress Lucia Bosè, who was dubbed into Spanish by Elsa Fábregas. It won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
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While returning to Madrid after an illicit tryst, a wealthy socialite housewife and a university professor accidentally strike a bicyclist with their car. Although they see that he is still alive after the accident, they know they cannot summon help for him without their affair being revealed. They drive away and leave him to die. After the bicyclist's death is reported in the newspaper, the pair deal with ever-rising tension, borne from their fear that their deeds will be exposed.Actors
Lucia Bosè
(María José de Castro)
Carlos Casaravilla
(Rafael Sandoval)
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro
Otello Toso
(Miguel Castro)
Manuel Alexandre
(Cyclist)
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