This rigorous, compelling, radically stylized film represents the end point in a line of development that Otto Preminger had been pursuing since the late 60s.

The first part is the best aspect of the film. The second seems colder and more mundane. [Full Review in Spanish]

Director Preminger was handed his first project in five years, a great cast, and good material (based on a Graham Greene novel), and he came up with this anemic little thriller.

It remains a well-crafted but rather tedious effort, with only the sparkling performances from its outstanding cast giving the film some spark.