Chac: The Rain God (1975)
January 1, 1975Release Date
Chac: The Rain God (1975)
January 1, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Pablo Canche Balam
The Diviner
Alonzo Mendez Ton
The Cacique
Sebastian Santis
Mute Boy
Pedro Tiez
Father
Antonio Osil
Principale
Antonio Ton
Principale
Alonso Puj
Principale
Antonio Castellanos
First Captain
Rolando Klein
Director / Writer
Elisabeth Waldo
Composer
William B. Kaplan
Cinematographer
Álex Phillips Jr.
Cinematographer
Harry Keramidas
Editor
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1975
Original NameChac: Dios de la lluvia
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Genres
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Wiki.
Chac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein.
The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac.
The film is in the Maya languages. The majority of the cast speaks Tzeltal Maya, but one of the main actors, Pablo Canche Balam who plays the shaman, speaks Yucatec Maya.
Alonso Méndez Ton, who plays the cacique, was born in the city of Tenejapa, in the state of Chiapas, where he collaborated in ethnographic research. He had finished his term as mayor of Tenejapa when the movie was made.
The film is referenced in Richard Kadrey's novel Aloha From Hell where it is called Las montañas del Gehenna (a title that appears nowhere else). The narrator's plot description is basically accurate though he does incorrectly call it a "Mexican spaghetti western".