The Birthday of the Dog
The Birthday of the Dog

Movie·1975·1h 32m

The Birthday of the Dog

Country

Mexico

Language

Spanish

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The Story

Original title: El cumpleaños del perro

Two men who kill their wives so they can be together. A tailor goes from having his dog as his best friend to a young man, in a friendship that becomes so very close that the younger man murders his wife. He is helped by the other man. The husband wants to help him, but his wife wants to turn him in to the police. So he also kills his wife.

Cinematography

Alex Phillips

Music

Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras

Editor

Rafael Ceballos

Themes

marriagemiddle classmurdermale homosexualitylgbtgay theme

Audience Score

60%

13 votes

Skip14%
Timepass32%
Go for it36%
Perfection18%

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Cast

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Jorge Maldonado

Diana Bracho

Diana Bracho

Silvia Ballesteros

Lina Montes

Lina Montes

Gloria Maldonado

Héctor Bonilla

Héctor Bonilla

Gustavo Ballesteros

Marcelo Villamil

Lic. De La Rosa

María Guadalupe Delgado

Doña Amparo

Delia Casanova

Delia Casanova

Secretaria

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Jr.

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Jr.

Toño

Fernando Pinkus

Roque

Evangelina Martínez

Evangelina Martínez

Pasajera en camión

Regino Herrera

Empleado de Jorge

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Crew

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Director, Writer

Alex Phillips

Alex Phillips

Director of Photography

Rafael Ceballos

Editor

Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras

Original Music Composer

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