Valentín de la Sierra is a 1968 Mexican film directed by René Cardona and starring Antonio Aguilar.[1] The film is inspired by the corrido of the same name, a dramatization of the death of Cristero rebel Valentín Ávila Ramírez. The setting of the film was changed to the earlier Mexican Revolution.[2]
Valentín de la Sierra | |
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Directed by | René Cardona |
Written by | Ricardo Garibay |
Starring | Antonio Aguilar Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Ofelia Montesco |
Cinematography | Agustín Jiménez |
Edited by | Alfredo Rosas Priego |
Music by | Antonio Díaz Conde |
Production company | Cinematográfica ABSA |
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Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Cast
edit- Antonio Aguilar as Valentín Zamora
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Valentín's Father
- Ofelia Montesco as Mariana Fuentes
- Jorge Russek as Coronel Aldape
- Juan Gallardo as Capitán
- Fanny Schiller as Brothel Madame
- Enrique Lucero as Alejo
- Alejandro Reyna as Revolutionary Companion
- José Carlos Ruiz as Revolutionary
- Amado Zumaya as Revolutionary
- Alfredo Gutiérrez as Revolutionary
- La Prieta Linda as Brothel Singer
- Lola Beltrán as Chabela (Singer)
Production
editValentín de la Sierra was filmed during the winter of 1967. Scenes were shot in Texcoco de Mora and Mexico City. Cinematographer Agustín Jiménez shot the film in Eastmancolor.
References
edit- ^ Jorge Ayala Blanco (1986). La búsqueda del cine mexicano (1968-1972). Editorial Posada. p. 81. ISBN 9789684331655.
- ^ Cantú, Roberto, ed. (2018). Border Folk Balladeers: Critical Studies on Américo Paredes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. XV. ISBN 9781527514362.