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Cronos (1993)
Country
of Origin: Mexico
Year of Production:
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: CNCAIMC/Fondo de Fomento a la
Calidad Cinematográfica/Grupo Del Toro/Guillermo
Springall/Iguana Producciones/Instituto Mexicano de
Cinematografía (IMCINE)/Servicos Filmicos ANC /
Universidad de Guadalajara/Venta
Producers: Arthur Gorson, Bertha Navarro
Co-Producers: Bernard L. Nussbaumer, Alejandro Springall
Associate Producers: Rafael Cruz, Julio Solórzano Foppa,
Jorge Sánchez
SCRIPT
Script: Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTION
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Assistant Director: Sebastián Silva
2nd Assistant Director: Joaquin Silva
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Guillermo Navarro
Colour Timer: Chuck Winston
Lab: FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank, California, USA
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Raúl Dávalos, Paul O'Bryan
Associate Editor: Paul O'Bryan
MUSIC
Music: Javier Álvarez
SOUND
Sound Engineer: Fernando Cámara
Sound Effects Editor: Eric A. Norris
Cable Person: Santiago Núñez
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: M. Carrajal
Costume Designer: Genoveva Petitpierre
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Laurencio 'Chovy' Cordero
VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Line-Up: William Koshowany
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Tolita Figuero
Art Director: Brigitte Broch
Art Designer: María Figueroa
CAST
Federico Luppi (Jesús Gris)
Ron Perlman (Angel de la Guardia)
Claudio Brook (Dieter de la Guardia)
Margarita Isabel (Mercedes Gris)
Tamara Shanath (Aurora Gris)
Daniel Giménez Cacho (Tito)
Mario Iván Martínez (alchemist)
Juan Carlos Colombo (funeral director)
Farnesio de Bernal (Manuelito)
Luis Rodríguez (buyer)
Javier Álvarez (bleeding man)
Gerardo Moscoso (drunk)
Eugenio Lobo (stoned man)
Adriana Olivera, Clementina Rojas, Tzinia Salgado, Luis
de Icaza, Jorge Bolada, Ignacio Raiz Oviedo (tango
students)
Francisco Sánchez (Mimo)
Laurencio Cordero (watchman)
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos (narrator)
PLOT SUMMARY
In 1535, a Mexican
alchemist builds the Cronos device, a mechanical scarab
that drains blood from its victims and keeps its inventor
virtually immortal. The alchemist is finally killed in
1997 upon which the Cronos device falls into the hands of
an antique dealer, Jesus Gris. But Cronos is being
pursued by dying tycoon Dieter De la Guardia and his
nephew Angel.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Del Toro's directorial
debut is a stunning reworking of vampire mythology,
blessed with an intelligent script full of well
delineated characters and inventive new takes on
well-worn ideas. It's certainly a lot more satisfying
than Del Toro's later take on vampirism,the
by-the-numbers action movie Blade II (2002). Fresh, unique and
constantly surprising, Cronos was a
remarkable and witty debut.
AVAILABILITY
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Prime Films S.L.
USA
Theatrical Distributor: October Films
Video Distributor: Vidmark Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 13
Australia
Rating: M
UK
Rating: 18
AWARDS
1993
Ariel Awards, Mexico
Golden Ariel (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Mejor Actor de Cuadro (Daniel Giménez Cacho) - winner
Mejor Dirección (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Mejor Ópera Prima (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Mejor Argumento Original (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Mejor Escenografía (Tolita Figueroa) - winner
Mejor Guión Cinematográfico (Guillermo del Toro) -
winner
Mejor Efectos Especiales (Laurencio Cordero) - winner
Cannes Film
Festival, France
Mercedes-Benz Award (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Catalonian
International Film Festival, Sitges, Spain
Best Actor (Federico Luppi) - winner
Best Screenplay (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Fantafestival
Best Direction (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Guadalajara
Mexican Film Festival, Mexico
DICINE Award (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Havana Film
Festival, Cuba
Coral Best Film Poster (Pedro Meyer) - winner
Best 1st Work (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Moscow
International Film Festival, Russia
Golden St. George (Guillermo del Toro) - nominated
1994
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Silver Raven (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
Fantasporto,
Portugal
Audience Jury Award (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
International Fantasy Film Award Best Actor (Federico
Luppi) - winner
Best Film (Guillermo del Toro) - winner
TIMELINE
1993
September
12: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival
November
3: Spain - theatrical release
1994
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film
Festival
May
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
2003
January
4: UK - television broadcast (on TELE 620)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Chronos
La invención de Cronos KEYWORDS
alchemists, antique dealers, blood, immortality, vampires
Last Updated:
19 October, 2008
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