
The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Marìa Candelaria
When
Wed 3 Sep 2025
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As an authentic Latino voice in 1940s and 1950s Mexican cinema, Fernández incorporated many elements of Indigenous culture into his films. He commonly paid close attention to the privations and struggles of Indigenous communities, setting this drama amongst the floating gardens in the waterways of Xochimilco – evocatively shot by Gabriel Figueroa – on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Hollywood star Dolores del Río plays a peasant flower seller in a tragic tale of two lovers entrapped by debt and hemmed in by traditional values. With Pedro Armendáriz.
Courtesy of Filmoteca UNAM's Collection.
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