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film by del Toro [1993]
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  • A poet of horrors
    Guillermo del Toro
    / Finding a start in Spanish and American films

    …helming his debut feature film, Cronos (1993), a refreshing take on the vampire mythos. The movie, about the effects of a device that confers immortality, won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Film—including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best original story—and also received the International Critics’…

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    …helming his debut feature film, Cronos (1993), a refreshing take on the vampire mythos. The movie, about the effects of a device that confers immortality, won nine Ariel Awards from the Mexican Academy of Film—including best picture, best director, best screenplay, and best original story—and also received the International Critics’…

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