Macario (1960)
Macario (1960)
Plot.
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
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Cast & Crew.
Ignacio López Tarso
Macario
Pina Pellicer
Esposa de Macario
Enrique Lucero
La muerte
Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Don Ramiro
José Gálvez
El diablo
José Luis Jiménez
Dios
Eduardo Fajardo
Virrey
Consuelo Frank
Virreina
José Dupeyrón
Actor
Luis Aceves Castañeda
Verdugo infartado (uncredited)
Celia Tejeda
Chona
Miguel Arenas
Inquisidor (uncredited)
Roberto Gavaldón
Director
Alfredo Wally Barrón
Don Alfredo, panadero (uncredited)
B. Traven
Writer
Queta Carrasco
Vecina de Macario (uncredited)
Emilio Carballido
Writer
Felipe de Flores
Nieto de abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
Alicia del Lago
Viuda (uncredited)
Manuel Dondé
Enviado de la inquisicion (uncredited)
Armando Orive Alba
Producer
Elizabeth Dupeyrón
Hija de Macario (uncredited)
Raúl Lavista
Composer
Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematographer
Enedina Díaz de León
Vecina de Macario (uncredited)
Enrique García Álvarez
Inquisidor (uncredited)
Gloria Schoemann
Editor
Leonor Gómez
Señora recomendando caldo de zopilote. (uncredited)
Sonia Infante
Doña Eulalia, esposa de Don Ramíro (uncredited)
Inés Murillo
Vecina de Macario (uncredited)
Manuel Noriega
Abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
Francisco Pando
Sacerdote (uncredited)
Lidia Franco
Comadre de Chona (uncredited)
Manuel Fontanals
Art Direction
Galdino R. Samperio
Music
Sergio Ortega
Assistant Editor
José Luis de Celis
Executive Producer
Alberto A. Ferrer
Production Manager
Teódulo Bustos
Sound Editor
Gonzalo Gavira
Sound Effects Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Macario is a 1960 Mexican supernatural drama film directed by Roberto Gavaldón, starring Ignacio López Tarso and Pina Pellicer. It is based on the novel of the same name by B. Traven, loosely based in an old border legend, set in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (modern-day Mexico).
It was the first Mexican film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Additionally, it was also entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Macario has been widely regarded by critics and audiences as one of the greatest Mexican films ever made.
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