{"id":41122,"date":"2026-02-14T11:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T16:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41122"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T16:09:47","slug":"perdita-durango-aka-dance-with-the-devil-1997-starring-rosie-perez-javier-bardem-and-james-gandolfini-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41122","title":{"rendered":"“Perdita Durango” aka “Dance with the Devil” (1997) starring Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem and James Gandolfini \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Perdita Durango <\/strong><\/em>aka Dance with the Devil <\/strong><\/em>(1997)<\/p>\n

Director: \u00c1lex de la Iglesia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Barry Gifford, David Trueba, Jorge Guerricaechevarr\u00eda, \u00c1lex de la Iglesia; <\/strong>based on 59\u00b0 And RAINING: THE STORY OF PERDITA DURANGO<\/a> by Barry Gifford<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Aimee Graham, Demi\u00e1n Bichir, Santiago Segura, Don Stroud, Roger Cudney<\/strong> and James Gandolfini.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: Get On The Road<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perdita Durango, in Mexico to scatter the ashes of her dead sister, meets Romeo Dolorosa who is on the run.\u00a0 Dolorosa is a drug dealing, bank robbing satanist.\u00a0 The two hook-up and devise a plan to kidnap a couple of college students and use them in a cannibalistic ceremony.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c1lex de la Iglesia has a very visual style.\u00a0 He was joined by terrific leads in Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem and James Gandolfini.\u00a0 But the subject matter was too over the top gross for me.\u00a0 I tapped out at about the 20 minute mark when a coked-up Dolorosa was hacking up a dead body in front of tourists.\u00a0 He then threw the limbs in a boiling pot of blood and drank from it.<\/p>\n

The character of Perdita Durango first appeared as a minor character in WILD AT HEART another novel by Barry Gifford.\u00a0 On film she first was played by Isabella Rossellini in the adaptation of the novel.<\/p>\n

Javier Bardem’s hairstyle in Perdita Durango<\/em> is worse than his in No Country for Old Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Perdita Durango<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was released in the United States as Dance with the Devil.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Perdita Durango <\/strong><\/em>aka Dance with the Devil <\/strong><\/em>(1997) rates 1 of 5 stars.\"\"<\/p>\n

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