Oficio de tinieblas

Name: Oficio de tinieblas
Director: Archibaldo Burns
Released: 1981
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Enrique Lizalde, Enrique Lizalde, Julissa, Julissa, Manuel Ojeda

1981 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 28 VOTES · DIR. Archibaldo Burns

Overview

"Occupation of Darkness" - Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or to fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to some misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,015 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:10 ¤ THE DARK PROFESSION ¤

00:09:33 Where is the money, you great bitch?

00:12:57 and you didn't need anything that I could provide.

00:16:31 Come on.

00:19:44 And when he knows that you're getting better he'll be very happy.

00:22:24 Dishonesty in an ordinary woman...

00:26:53 He was in the cornfield.

00:31:14 Tell them all to get out!

00:34:23 What about her?

00:37:20 A doctor? A pipe dream!

00:39:59 So from far away, and in the cold light of day, can you really be shocked and even raise a ruckus,...

00:43:18 I'll tell you what they've told me.

00:46:47 You're awake...!

00:50:09 Do you know what the revolution was for, César?

00:57:46 Where are these ravings leading us to?

01:03:17 as confidential as the confessional.

01:09:22 So I demand from all an equal courtesy.

01:12:31 Defend them? Would you defend someone who killed your parents,...

01:17:23 Or isn't this the title that you were awarded at the last meeting of notables?

01:20:11 yet don't even think to ask for their land back.

01:23:11 They'll hunt down the last Indian in the last corner to kill him.

01:37:29 and then he led them.

01:41:13 They say he was in collusion with Fernando Ulloa through that "Chestnut".

01:46:45 Idolina, you know that I'm not asking for the impossible,...

Cast & Characters

Enrique Lizalde Leonardo Enrique Lizalde Isabel's husband Julissa Julia Acevedo Julissa castaña-chestnut Manuel Ojeda Fernando Ulloa Monica Miguel Catalina Díaz Puíljo Lilia Prado Mercedes Lilia Prado pimp Malena Doria Isabel Malena Doria Leonardo's wife Lupita Lara Idolina Lupita Lara Isabel's daughter

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,015

Dialogue density9.7 lines / min

First line00:00:10

Final line01:46:45

Production Record

DirectorArchibaldo Burns

LanguageSpanish

IMDb votes28