The Garden of Aunt Isabel
The Garden of Aunt Isabel | |
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Directed by | Felipe Cazals |
Written by | Julio Alejandro |
Starring | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Claudio Brook Ofelia Guilmáin |
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Edited by | |
Music by | Bernardo Segall |
Production company | Alpha Centauri |
Distributed by | Películas Mexicanas |
Release date | 1971 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The Garden of Aunt Isabel (Spanish: El jardín de la tía Isabel) is a 1971 Mexican historical drama film directed by Felipe Cazals and starring Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Claudio Brook and Ofelia Guilmáin.[1] During the early 16th century, two Spanish ships are wrecked on the Mexican coast. A group of survivors set out on a trek to try to locate a famed El Dorado.
Most of the locations used were around the Maya archeological zone near Tulum. Mayan pyramids are seen in the movie. Most of it in the last two scenes.
Cast[]
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Capitaine de Ballesteros
- Claudio Brook as Gonzalo de Medina
- Ofelia Guilmáin as Xeneta
- Gregorio Casal as Diego
- as Roderico
- as Césat
- Augusto Benedico
- Julián Pastor
- Germán Robles
- Alfonso Arau
- Claudio Obregón
- Lilia Aragón
- Héctor Ortega
- Aarón Hernán
- Carlos Agostí
References[]
- ^ Mora, p. 120.
Bibliography[]
- Mora, Carl J. Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland & Co, 2005.
External links[]
Categories:
- Spanish-language films
- 1971 films
- 1970s historical drama films
- Mexican historical drama films
- Mexican films
- Films directed by Felipe Cazals
- Films set in the 16th century
- Films set in Seville
- Seafaring films
- Films scored by Bernardo Segall
- 1971 drama films
- 1970s Mexican film stubs