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María Candelaria is a 1944 Mexican drama film directed and written by Emilio Fernández. The production features Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz in the cast, with Gabriel Figueroa serving as director of photography and Jorge Fernández Hernández as production designer. The film is presented in black-and-white and was released in Spanish.
The movie has a runtime of 102 minutes according to one source, while another lists it as 76 minutes. It was distributed by Films Mundiales and is currently available on video on demand. The narrative includes themes such as journalist, prostitute, robbery, greed, and artist.
Critical reception includes an IMDb rating of 7.3 based on 1,255 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.279. The film holds a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 92% and has won three awards. It was rated Approved upon release.
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7.3A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
Cast
- Dolores del Río as María Candelaria
- Pedro Armendáriz as Lorenzo Rafael
- Alberto Galán as El Pintor
- Margarita Cortés as Lupe
- Miguel Inclán as Don Damian
- Beatriz Ramos as Reporter
Themes
- journalist
- prostitute
- robbery
- greed
- artist
- native american
- rural area
- couple
- illness
- malaria
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
1,255 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 3 wins
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Emilio Fernández
- Screenwriter
- Emilio Fernández
- Cinematographer
- Gabriel Figueroa
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 812069
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- title
- María Candelaria
- production designer
- Jorge Fernández Hernández
- color
- black-and-white
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Gallery (6)
Available in 21 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Italiano
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Nederlands
- Polski
- Romanian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Svenska
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
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