Morelia Film Fest

OCTOBER 2020
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Santa

1932 | Black & White | 81 min.

A pioneering work of Mexican sound film, Santa is the second of four adaptations, produced between 1918 and 1969, of Federico Gamboa’s naturalist novel. After being seduced by a soldier, Santa is rejected by her family and forced to leave her quiet town for Mexico City, where she becomes a prostitute. In this decadent atmosphere, she seeks redemption in the love of a famous bullfighter and a humble blind pianist employed by the brothel. 

Direction: Moreno, Antonio

Script: Noriega Hope, Carlos (basado en la novela homónima de Federico Gamboa)

Production: de la Cruz Alarcón, Juan | Sáenz de Sicilia, Gustavo

Production Company: Compañía Nacional Productora de Películas

Photography: Phillips, Alex

Edition: Ortega, Aniceto

Sound: Rodríguez, Joselito | Rodríguez, Roberto

Music: Lara, Agustín | Lerdo de Tejada, Miguel

Cast: Arriaga, Rosita | Derba, Mimí | Guillén, Ernesto | Martínez Casado, Juan José | Orellana, Carlos | Peón, Jorge | Reed, Donald | Tovar, Lupita

Art Direction: Ribero, Fernando A.

Year of participation at FICM:
2018

Films by the same director presented at FICM:

Santa (1931)