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Un bal lleno de miedo
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Wikipedia article
'Un bal lleno de miedo' ("A Trunk Full of Fear" in English) is a Mexican comedy film directed by Joaqun Bissner, written by Danilo Cullar and produced by Roberto Gmez Bolaos. Released in 1997, it stars Diana Bracho and Julin Pastor.
Plot
Esteban Estvez, a mystery novel writer, must finish his new work, so in search of inspiration, he moves to an isolated cabin in the woods with his wife, Cristina, and his assistant, Federico. Secretly, Federico had been renting the cabin to a mysterious woman whom he urges to leave the house before Esteban and Cristina arrive. While leaving, the woman decides to keep an uncomfortable thing inside the house: a trunk containing a corpse.
Cast
* Diana Bracho as Cristina de Estvez
* Julin Pastor as Esteban Estvez
* Carlos Espejel as Federico
* Patricia Llaca as Laura Toledo
* Maya Mishalska as Emilia
* Miguel ngel Fuentes as the Black Vampire
* Arturo Amor as Dead Man
Production
Diana Bracho made the film two years after having made 'Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman'.
In his autobiography 'Sin querer queriendo', Roberto Gmez Bolaos affirmed that the film suffered from a "very poor promotion", and as a result "it did not achieve the expected success", with Gmez Bolaos stating that the same had happened with the previous film he produced, 'Que vivan los muertos!'.
References
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