Block Cinema and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invite you to the Tribute to Gabriel Figueroa Film Series
María Candelaria
Emilio Fernández’s penchant for melodramatic excess is balanced by the aesthetic sensitivity of Figueroa’s cinematography in this tragic tale of two young lovers who struggle to overcome the cruelty of fate. The film’s titular protagonist is played by international star Dolores del Río who, after a successful career in Hollywood, returned to Mexico and became one of the most celebrated actors in the nation’s history. Set in 1909 on the eve of the Mexican revolution in Xochimilco, María Candelaria portrays the region’s indigenous population with a contradictory mix of romantic idealism and stereotypical exoticism.
(Emilio Fernández, 1943, Mexico, 16mm, 90 min.)
*FREE for LACS Affiliates (present this event posting or the e-mail announcement)
$4.00 for Northwestern University faculty, staff and students with valid WildCARD; students from other schools with valid college/university ID; seniors 60 and older
$6.00 for the general public $20.00 for a quarterly pass