Deep Crimson
Spanish theatrical poster
Directed by	Arturo Ripstein
Written by	Paz Alicia Garciadiego
Produced by	Marin Karmitz Pablo Barbachano José María Morales Miguel Necoechea
Starring	Regina Orozco Daniel Giménez Cacho
Cinematography	Guillermo Granillo
Edited by	Rafael Castanedo
Music by	David Mansfield
Release date	1996 (1996)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish
Box office	31.6 million ESP

Deep Crimson (Spanish: Profundo Carmesí) is a 1996 Mexican crime film directed by Arturo Ripstein, written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego and starring Regina Orozco and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Like The Honeymoon Killers before it, the film is a dramatization of the story of "Lonely Hearts Killers", Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who committed a string of murders of women in the 1940s.

Cast

• Regina Orozco as Coral Fabre
• Daniel Giménez Cacho as Nicolás Estrella
• Sherlyn as Teresa
• Giovani Florido as Carlitos (as Giovanni Florido)
• Fernando Palavicini as Don Dimas (as Fernando Soler P.)
• Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Sra. Ruelas
• Alexandra Vicencio as Imelda (as Alexandra Vincenzio)
• Julieta Egurrola as Juanita Norton
• Marisa Paredes as Irene Gallardo
• Rosa Furman as Sara Silberman

Reception

Critical reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10.^[1]

Awards and honors

The film won eight Ariel Awards, including Best Actor and Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Ariel. In addition, it was awarded Honorable Mention in the Latin American Cinema category at Sundance and won three Golden Osellas at the Venice Film Festival. It was Mexico's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to earn a nomination.^[2][3]