Time to Die

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

Fresh from serving eighteen years in jail for shooting a man in self-defense, Juan Sayago (Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, The Magnificent Seven) comes back to his hometown to start life anew and reunite with old flame Mariana (Marga Lopez, Bunuel's Nazarin). But the two sons of the man he killed, consumed by an overwhelming thirst for revenge, have been anxiously awaiting his return. From an original story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude), and featuring dialogue by Mexican novelist/essayist Carlos Fuentes (The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo), this stunning directorial debut by a then-21-year-old Arturo Ripstein provides insight into the genius who would go on to create Deep Crimson and Hell Without Limits.

directed by: Arturo Ripstein
starring: Marga Lopez, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Enrique Rocha, Alfredo Leal
1966 / 89 min / 1.33:1 / Spanish Stereo

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Video introduction by director Alex Cox (Repo Man)
• Commentary by director Arturo Ripstein and actor Enrique Rocha
• New essay by Carlos A. Gutierrez, co-founder of Cinema Tropical
• English subtitles