The criminal life of Archibaldo de la Cruz = "Ensayo de un crimen"
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.

Miroslava, Ernesto Alonso, Rita MacEdo, Ariadne Welter, Andrea Palma, Rodolfo Landa, Jose Maria Linares-Rivas, Leonor Llausas, Eva Calvo, Enrique Diaz Indiano, Carlos Riquelme.

The story begins when an overindulged young boy of 'privilege' is shown a music box, which is a family air loom, alleged to cause the death of an enemy when played. The boy decides to test it out, setting his sights on his nanny, who'd recently offended him, wishing for her death. When moments later, a stray bullet from a revolutionary's gun sails through the window killing her, the twisted boy is convinced this was no accident and finds that he likes his newfound 'power.₂ Taking on the mind of a serial killer, he carries this mindset into adulthood, plotting, planning, fanaticizing, and 'wishing, ₂ with women as his victims. The irony of it all is, that his efforts to carry out these crimes are always thwarted by outside forces, be it a 'twist of fate or 'providence, ₂ making him a serial killer in 'mind' only.

DVD, region 0; stereo.

In Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles.