María Candelaria (Xochimilco) (1944)

Director:

Emilio Fernández

Writers:

Emilio Fernández (writer)
Mauricio Magdaleno (writer)

Release Date:

11 September 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Una sublime historia de amor

Plot Keywords:

Native American | Mexican

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Dolores del Rio	...	María Candelaria
Pedro Armendáriz	...	Lorenzo Rafael
Alberto Galán	...	El Pintor
Margarita Cortés	...	Lupe
Miguel Inclán	...	Don Damian
Beatriz Ramos	...	Reporter
Rafael Icardo	...	Priest
Julio Ahuet	...	Jose Alfonso
Lupe del Castillo	...	Bone-doctor (as Guadalupe del Castillo)
Lupe Inclán	...	Gossip
Salvador Quiroz	...	Judge
Nieves	...	Model
Elda Loza	...	Model
Lupe Garnica	...	Model
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alfonso Jiménez	...	(uncredited)
Arturo Soto Rangel	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Irma Torres	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
José Torvay	...	Policeman (uncredited)
David Valle González	...	Judge's Secratary (uncredited)
Enrique Zambrano	...	Medic (uncredited)

Directed by
Emilio Fernández

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Emilio Fernández		writer
Mauricio Magdaleno		writer

Produced by
Agustín J. Fink	....	producer
Felipe Subervielle	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Francisco Domínguez
Rodolfo Halffter

Cinematography by
Gabriel Figueroa

Film Editing by
Jorge Bustos
Gloria Schoemann

Production Design by
Jorge Fernández

Costume Design by
Armando Valdés Peza

Makeup Department
Ana Guerrero	....	makeup artist (as Anita Guerrero)

Production Management
Armando Espinosa	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jaime Contreras	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Howard E. Randall	....	sound director

Camera and Electrical Department
Domingo Carrillo	....	camera operator
Daniel López	....	lighting chief

Production Companies

• Films Mundiales

Distributors

• Clasa Films Mundiales (1944) (USA) (no subtitles)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (USA) (re-release) (English dubbed)

Also Known As:

Portrait of Maria
Xochimilco
La vergine indiana (Italy) [it]
Maria Candelaria (Greece) [el]
Maria Candelaria (Sweden) [sv]
Maria Candelaria (Poland) [pl]
Maria Candelaria (France) [fr]
Maria Candelaria (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

USA:76 min | Mexico:102 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4100, Adult Audience)

Filming Locations:

Xochimilco, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company:

Films Mundiales

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Una familia de diez: El abuelo se va a morir (#1.7)" (2007)

A very naked look at the poor classes of mid 20th Century Mexico

For the younger generations to see movies like this one, may seem that they are not real. They may imagine that the story being told was created by some sick mind. How can it be possible that human beings were so miserable? This story happens in what's now a suburb of Mexico City, but which at that time(early 1940's)was a little village by itself. The destiny of the poor people, specially if they were indians, was to live a life of misery. The few rich owners of the majority of the land and the resources in the area dictated what had to be done. If you were an Indian the situation was even worse. They decided, for their own benefit, the rules that had to be obeyed. If, like in this movie, one of those indians was a beautiful woman that was even worse for her, because she could be taken by the ruling class as a simple sex toy. If she would not accept this, she and anyone close to her would suffer all type of hardships. It is a beautifully told story that could have been a true one.