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Marìa Candelaria (1944)

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Marìa Candelaria

Emilio Fernández | Mexico | 1944 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

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.

Format: DCP
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Source: UNAM
Courtesy: Televisa
Runtime: 103 mins

Event duration

103 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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