Cradle Song (1953 film)
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| Canción de cuna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fernando de Fuentes |
| Written by | Gregorio Martínez Sierra (play), María Martínez Sierra (story) |
| Produced by | Fernando de Fuentes |
| Starring | María Elena Marqués Carmelita González Alma Delia Fuentes |
| Cinematography | Jorge Stahl Jr. |
| Edited by | José W. Bustos |
| Music by | Gustavo César Carrión |
Production companies | Dyana Films América (technical unit) Estudios Cinematográficos del Tepeyac (studios and laboratories) RCA (II) (sound system) |
| Distributed by | Azteca Films Inc. (1953) (United States-Spanish language) |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
Cradle Song (Spanish: Canción de cuna) is a 1953 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes.[1]
Plot[edit]
The daughter of a prostitute is abandoned in a convent where a nun cares for her, as she asks to not be taken to an hospice.
Cast[edit]
- María Elena Marqués
- Carmelita González
- Alma Delia Fuentes
- Anita Blanch
- César del Campo
- Sara Guasch
- Fernando Cortés
- Queta Lavat
- Matilde Palou
- Verónica Loyo
- Beatriz Ramos
- Josefina Leiner
- Marcela Quevedo
Reception[edit]
In Historia mínima. La cultura mexicana en el siglo XX, Carlos Monsiváis cites the film when describing what he considers a decline in the career of director Fernando de Fuentes: "The decline is incomprehensible: how is the director of Godfather Mendoza capable of committing monstrosities like Cradle Song (1953) and The Children of Maria Morales (1952)? Is it the exhaustion of a director or the crushing effect of an industry that allows neither rest nor the aesthetic ambitions of its creators?"[2] In Historia del cine mexicano, Emilio García Riera quotes the film together with Sor Alegría (1952) as films that "were about compliant, happy, and heavily made-up nuns."[3]
References[edit]
- ^ García Riera, Emilio (1969). Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1952 (in Spanish). Ediciones Era. p. 114.
- ^ Monsiváis, Carlos (2010). Historia mínima. La cultura mexicana en el siglo XX (in Spanish). El Colegio de México. p. 242. ISBN 978-607-462-380-2.
- ^ García Riera, Emilio (1986). Historia del cine mexicano (in Spanish). Secretaría de Educación Pública. p. 201. ISBN 9789682909412.
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