María (1922)

3h
Running Time

October 20, 1922
Release Date

María (1922)

3h
Running Time

October 20, 1922
Release Date

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Plot.

María tells the tragic love story of María, a beautiful young woman, and her half brother Efraín, a handsome young man from Valle del Cauca. They both fall in love and live their romance on the farm "El Paraíso", in Valle del Cauca, but not everything is rosy, since Efraín must go to Bogotá because of study reasons leaving María with pain in her soul. Some time later, María becomes ill and Emma tells her brother about the situation.

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Cast & Crew.

Stella López Pommareda

Stella López Pommareda

María

Hernando Sinisterra

Hernando Sinisterra

Efraín

Margarita López Pommareda

Margarita López Pommareda

Emma

Juan del Diestro

Juan del Diestro

Efraín's father

Ernesto Ruiz

Ernesto Ruiz

Young Efraín

Emma Roldán

Emma Roldán

Efraín's Mother / Costume Design

Jorge González

Jorge González

José

Máximo Calvo Olmedo

Máximo Calvo Olmedo

Director

Alfredo del Diestro

Alfredo del Diestro

Director

Jorge Isaacs

Jorge Isaacs

Writer

Ernesto Salcedo

Ernesto Salcedo

Braulio

Ricardo Nieto

Ricardo Nieto

Writer

Eduardo Salcedo

Eduardo Salcedo

Carlos

Francisco José Posada

Francisco José Posada

Producer

Mario Fernández de Soto

Mario Fernández de Soto

Executive Producer

Gilberto Forero

Gilberto Forero

Set Designer

Details.

Release Date
October 20, 1922

Status
Released

Running Time
3h

Genres

Wiki.

María is a Colombian silent film in black and white, directed by Máximo Calvo Olmedo and Alfredo del Diestro, released in 1922.

It was the first feature-length fiction film made in Colombia, and is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jorge Isaacs. It tells the story of the love affair between Efraín, the son of a wealthy hacienda owner, and his first cousin María. While most sources claim that the initiative to produce María came from the Franciscan priest Antonio José Posada, others indicate that the idea came from Alfredo del Diestro. Shooting began in October 1921, and took place in some of the same locations as the novel, including the hacienda El Paraíso. The feature film premiered on October 20, 1922 in Buga and Cali.

The film was at the center of what is considered the first copyright controversy in the Colombian film industry, when the Isaacs family filed a lawsuit against Valley Film, the film's production company, which the latter won. The controversy led to the film being banned by local authorities from screening in several Colombian cities, but the legal case also served as additional publicity for the film, which broke box-office records in Colombia.

It was the only Colombian film at the time to be shown in national cinemas for several years. While the film was a success domestically, it was a failure abroad. The positive reception and commercial success of María gave a boost to Colombian film production, with other producers producing some twenty films during the silent era.

Despite its importance, no copies of the film have survived; only a 25-second fragment has been preserved, along with dozens of stills. A short documentary, En busca de María, was made in 1985 by Luis Ospina and Jorge Nieto, with the aim of retracing the history of the making of María.

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