Completed before his immensely successful Maria Candelaria, Emilio Fernandez’ Flor Sylvestre was released Read More »
Tag Archives: Emilio Fernández
The Pearl AKA La perla (1947) Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Fernando Wagner
Quino is a Mexican diver who discovers a pearl at the bottom of the sea. Read More »
The Torch (1950) Emilio Fernández, Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland
A ruthless, comical, fun-loving, romantic rebel general, General Jose Juan Reyes Read More »
Las islas Marias (1951) Emilio Fernández, Pedro Infante, Rosaura Revueltas, Rocío Sagaón
The live and hardship of the inmates at Las Islas Marias Penal Colony Read More »
Rossana AKA La red (1953) Emilio Fernández, Rossana Podestà, Crox Alvarado, Armando Silvestre
Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. Read More »
Bugambilia (1945) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Julio Villarreal
A tragic love story between the daughter of a rich miner Read More »
Pueblerina (1949) Emilio Fernández, Columba Domínguez, Roberto Cañedo, Arturo Soto Rangel
The hero, played by Roberto Canedo, is framed for murder and sentenced to a dozen years in jail. Read More »
Enamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general (Armendáriz) and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. Read More »
Victims of Sin (1951) Emilio Fernández, Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta
In México City, a Cuban dancer from “Cabaret Changó” rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way. Read More »
The Fugitive (1947) John Ford, Emilio Fernández, Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz
Based of the Graham Greene novel about a revolutionary priest in Central America. Read More »
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (1959) Ismael Rodríguez, María Félix, Dolores del Rio, Emilio Fernández, Drama, Romance, War
The Cucaracha is a courageous woman soldier who directs a group of comparable women to the fray from the forces of the Villa colonel, Zeta. Read More »
Portrait of Maria (1944) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Romance, Drama
In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Read More »
Salón México (1949) Emilio Fernández, Marga López, Miguel Inclán, Rodolfo Acosta, Crime, Drama
Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn’t know about her sister’s job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he’s sleeping.
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