1943 | B/N | 138:00 Based on the novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos, this film tells the story of a woman who, after having witnessed the murder of her fiancé and raped by some sailors, transforms into an implacable, fearful and violent woman. Years after her disastrous event, the young woman, now called Doña Bárbara, is a wealthy landowner in the Altamira region who manages men with her beauty, and the authorities with her money. However, her tough character softens when she meets Santos Luzardo, a lawyer who has arrived to claim the lands that the protagonist appropriated through tricks. However, Luzardo falls in love with Marisela, the daughter that Doña Bárbara abandoned. Unhappy again and with her daughter as a love rival, the powerful landowner is willing to do anything to win the heart of the man she loves. Country: México Direction: de Fuentes; Fernando Script: Gallegos; Rómulo. Basado en la novela homónima Photography: Phillips; Alex Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Randall; Howard Music: Domínguez; Francisco Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2023
1943 | B/N | 138:00 Based on the novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos, this film tells the story of a woman who, after having witnessed the murder of her fiancé and raped by some sailors, transforms into an implacable, fearful and violent woman. Years after her disastrous event, the young woman, now called Doña Bárbara, is a wealthy landowner in the Altamira region who manages men with her beauty, and the authorities with her money. However, her tough character softens when she meets Santos Luzardo, a lawyer who has arrived to claim the lands that the protagonist appropriated through tricks. However, Luzardo falls in love with Marisela, the daughter that Doña Bárbara abandoned. Unhappy again and with her daughter as a love rival, the powerful landowner is willing to do anything to win the heart of the man she loves. Country: México Direction: de Fuentes; Fernando Script: Gallegos; Rómulo. Basado en la novela homónima Photography: Phillips; Alex Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Randall; Howard Music: Domínguez; Francisco Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2023
Doña Bárbara In Venezuela, lawyer Santos Luzardo arrives in the plains to gain control of his lands, but is locked in a terrible conflict with landowner Doña Bárbara, a brave woman turned by fate into a man-eater with a pact with the devil, and who owns the haciendas—and people’s lives. See More
Let’s Go with Pancho Villa During the Mexican Revolution, a group of brave peasants known as the Leones de San Pablo join Pancho Villa’s army. After a few battles, with more defeats than victories behind them, the original group has shrunk in number, and a series of troubles leads them to rethink their position. See More
El prisionero 13 Marta leaves her drunkard husband, Colonel Carrasco, taking their young son with her. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable young man. Years later, Carrasco accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary from his prison and asks to have him replaced by absolutely anyone. That anyone turns out to be his own long-lost son. When Carrasco finds out, he desperately attempts to prevent Juan’s execution at the hands of his very own officers. See More
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