The Ruination of Men

A man dies. His death follows a beating. The men who beat him were on his baseball team. He had a life with two women. Each of them counted as his wife. Now each of them wants the body. Each wants to bury him in her own place. One of the women comes to terms with one of the killers. What she asks for is help carrying the body home. An odd journey begins from there. The film is built as a black comedy. The image is black and white. Paz Alicia Garciadiego wrote the screenplay. She has worked with the director for many years. The film took the Golden Shell at San Sebastián and the screenplay award at the same festival. Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Rafael Inclán appear in the hundred and six minute film, a Mexican and Spanish production Arturo Ripstein finished in 2000.