Mystery ·Thriller · Spain · 1978 · 1h 25m

Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho

Tatuaje, primera aventura de Pepe Carvalho

Tattoo, The First Adventure Of Pepe Carvalho poster
Director
Bigas Luna
Cast
Carlos Ballesteros as Pepe Carvalho Pilar Velázquez as Charo Mónica Randall as Teresa Marsé Carmen Liaño as Carlos Lucena as Ramón Luis Ciges as Bromuro
Crew
Tomàs Pladevall — Director of Photography Joan Albert Amargós — Original Music Composer Bigas Luna — Screenplay José Ulloa — Screenplay Manuel Vázquez Montalbán — Novel Consol Tura — Costume Design
Synopsis

A man's body turns up on a Barcelona beach with a message tattooed on his arm: "I was born to revolutionize hell". Detective Pepe Carvalho is put in charge of the case, taking him from the back streets of Barcelona to the Amsterdam canals, with no effect whatsoever on his peculiar investigation methods.

Mood & Themes
tattoobarcelona, spainamsterdam, netherlandsdetectivecorpse
Key Collaborators
Bigas Luna Director Tomàs Pladevall Director of Photography Joan Albert Amargós Original Music Composer Bigas Luna Screenplay José Ulloa Screenplay Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Novel Consol Tura Costume Design
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