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a sweet scent of death
Arriaga, Guillermo ; Page, Alan
Synopsis "a sweet scent of death"
From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed screenwriter of Amores perros, 21 Grams, and Babel, A Sweet Scent of Death is Guillermo Arriaga's tale of deception, passion, and violence fused together by the tragic killing of a young girl in a small Mexican village. Early one morning in a deserted field, Ramón Castaños is confronted with the dead body of Adela, a lovely young girl, whom he had only admired from afar. Within an hour, rumor of the death of Ramón Castaños's girlfriend has spread to every corner of Loma Grande. This powder-trail of gossip ignites further violence when the villagers, thirsty for revenge, cast about for answers and hit upon the nomadic José Echeverri-Berriozábal, known as "the Gypsy." Honor then demands that Ramón must now live out his imaginary past in a brutal reality and prove his manhood by avenging Adela's cruel fate. Guillermo Arriaga is the author of The Night Buffalo and The Guillotine Squad. He has worked in television, radio, and film. Arriaga is the award-winning screenwriter of Amores perros, 21 Grams, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Babel.
Guillermo Arriaga ha publicado las novelas Escuadrón Guillotina (1991), Un dulce olor a muerte (1994), El búfalo de la noche (1999) y El Salvaje (2016), Premio Mazatlán de Literatura 2017 al mejor libro del año, y la colección de cuentos Retorno 201 (2006). Su obra ha sido traducida a dieciocho idiomas. Escribió las películas Amores perros, 21 gramos y Babel -que forman una trilogía que apostó por la narrativa no lineal y que reflexiona sobre el peso de la vida por encima de la muerte- y Los tres entierros de Melquiades Estrada, que recibió el premio al mejor guion en el Festival de Cannes 2005. En 2008 presentó su ópera prima como director: The Burning Plain. Recientemente produjo y coescribió Desde allá, primera película iberoamericana que ha ganado el León de Oro en el Festival de Cine de Venecia.
