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Cronos (1993) is a film written and directed by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring veteran Argentine actor Federico Luppi and American actor Ron Perlman, the first of several films that del Toro, Luppi, and Perlman have collaborated on.

Plot

An old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, finds a 450 year old mechanical device in the base of a statue. He later discovers that the device - a beautifully crafted, gilded metallic container - if placed on any part of the body - uses an internal clockwork mechanism to exude spider-like "legs" to grip tightly, then inserts a needle into the skin and delivers a payload of (presumably) some kind of solution.
   The viewer later "sees" that inside the device lurks an entombed, yet living insect that's meshed with the internal clockwork, and is the horrific originator of the solution. Gris is unaware of these details, however.
   Eventually, he discovers that his health and vigour is returning with a vengeance, as is his youth. His skin loses its wrinkles, and even his hair thickens, as does his sexual appetite. Unfortunately, it also imparts a thirst for blood, which at first disgusts him, but he eventually succumbs to the temptation. Later, he dies, but returns to life - in one of the more gruesome episodes of the movie, he revives in an undertaker's establishment, his mouth sewn shut, and dressed in funeral clothes.
   A rich, dying businessman, Dieter de la Guardia, has been aware of the existence of the device for many years, and has amassed a lot of information about it, at considerable expense. He finally finds out that it has been hidden in a statue, and has his thuggish nephew, Angel, scouring the world for it. This is much to Angel's disgust, as he hates his uncle with a passion, and can't wait until he dies so he can inherit his fortune.
   The elderly antique dealer isn't willing to give it up, as he's obviously developed a need for it, and senses that a man like de la Guardia would use it to the world's great disadvantage, and he endangers his young granddaughter in his fight to keep it.

Cast

Federico Luppi as Jesús Gris
Ron Perlman as Angel de la Guardia
Claudio Brook as Dieter de la Guardia
Tamara Shanath as Aurora Gris
Margarita Isabel as Mercedes
Daniel Giménez Cacho as Tito
Mario Iván Martínez as Alchemist
Farnesio de Bernal as Manuelito
Juan Carlos Colombo as Funeral Director
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Narrator (voice)
Luis Rodríguez as Buyer
Javier Álvarez as Bleeding Man
Gerardo Moscoso as Drunk
Eugenio Lobo as Stoned Man
Adriana Olivera as Tango Student

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