The Detective and DeathThe Detective and Death is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez.PlotLoosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city stirred by racial conflicts.ProductionProduced by LolaFilms and Ditirambo Films, it was shot in between Llanes and Warsaw.ReleaseThe film was presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1994. It was theatrically released on 30 September 1994.ReceptionDavid Rooney of Variety assessed that despite the bizarre meeting between film noir and gruesome fairy tale featuring "commanding perfs and arresting visuals", the helmer "encumbers the lugubrious thriller with pretentious hokum".