Maria Candelaria (1944)
January 20, 1944Release Date
Maria Candelaria (1944)
January 20, 1944Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Dolores del Río
María Candelaria

Pedro Armendáriz
Lorenzo Rafael

Alberto Galán
El Pintor

Margarita Cortés
Lupe

Miguel Inclán
Don Damian

Beatriz Ramos
Reporter

Rafael Icardo
Priest

Julio Ahuet
Jose Alfonso

Lupe del Castillo
Bone-doctor (as Guadalupe del Castillo)

Lupe Inclán
Gossip

Salvador Quiroz
Judge

Nieves
Model

Elda Loza
Model

Lupe Garnica
Model

Alfonso Jiménez
(uncredited)

Aurora Ruiz
Sirvienta del pintor (uncredited)

Arturo Soto Rangel
Doctor (uncredited)

Irma Torres
Bit Part (uncredited)

José Torvay
Policeman (uncredited)

David Valle González
Judge's Secratary (uncredited)

Enrique Zambrano
Medic (uncredited)

Jorge Fernández
Art Direction

Mauricio Magdaleno
Writer

Emilio Fernández
Director / Writer
Media.


Details.
Release DateJanuary 20, 1944
Original NameMaría Candelaria (Xochimilco)
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
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This Movie Is About.
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María Candelaria is a 1943 Mexican melodrama film written and directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. It was the first Mexican film to be screened at the Cannes International Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix (now known as the Palme d'Or) becoming the first Latin American film to do so. María Candelaria would later win a Silver Ariel award for Best Cinematography.
The film came to be regarded as one of Fernández's best works, in which he portrays the indigenous people of Mexico with innocence and dignity. Fernández has said that he wrote an original version of the plot on 13 napkins while sitting in a restaurant. He was anxious because he was dating Dolores del Río and could not afford to buy her a birthday present. The film was originally titled Xochimilco and the protagonist was named María del Refugio.
Major themes in the film include melodrama, indigenousness, nationalism, and the beauty of Mexico. María Candelaria is one of Mexico's most beloved films of all time, and it was ranked thirty-seventh among the top 100 films of Mexican cinema.
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