A Sweet Scent of Death

From the award-winning internationally acclaimed screenwriter of Amores perros 21 Grams and Babel A Sweet Scent of Death is Guillermo Arriagas tale of deception passion and violence fused together by the tragic killing of a young girl in a small Mexican village. Early one morning in a deserted field Ramón Castaños is confronted with the dead body of Adela a lovely young girl whom he had only admired from afar. Within an hour rumor of the death of Ramón Castañoss girlfriend has spread to every corner of Loma Grande. This powder-trail of gossip ignites further violence when the villagers thirsty for revenge cast about for answers and hit upon the nomadic José Echeverri-Berriozábal known as the Gypsy. Honor then demands that Ramón must now live out his imaginary past in a brutal reality and prove his manhood by avenging Adelas cruel fate. Guillermo Arriaga is the author of The Night Buffalo and The Guillotine Squad. He has worked in television radio and film. Arriaga is the award-winning screenwriter of Amores perros 21 Grams The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Babel.