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Divinas palabras (English: Divine Words) is a 1977 Mexican film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Silvia Pinal and Mario Almada. The film is based on the play of the same name by Spanish author Ramón del Valle-Inclán.

Divinas palabras
Directed by	Juan Ibáñez
Written by	Ramón del Valle-Inclán Juan Ibáñez
Produced by	CONACINE Fernando Almada
Starring	Silvia Pinal Mario Almada Rita Macedo
Cinematography	Gabriel Figueroa
Distributed by	CONACINE
Release date	July 6, 1978 (1978-07-06)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Plot

Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is a lady who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing deception with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.

Cast

• Silvia Pinal ... Mari Gaila
• Mario Almada ... Séptimo Miau
• Rita Macedo ... Benita la costurera
• Guillermo Orea... Pedro Galio
• Martha Zavaleta ... Tatula
• Martha Verduzco ... Marica
• Carmen Flores ... Simoniña
• Xavier Estrada ... Laureano

Comments

This plot of del Valle-Inclán, had given to the young Mexican director Juan Ibáñez very successful when he carried to the theater before his start as a film director with Los Caifanes (1966), striking and innovative film. The actress Silvia Pinal revealed: "I was going to do this movie with Luis Buñuel in Spain, but he struggled with the copyright."[1]

References

External links

• Divinas palabras at IMDb
• FilmAffinity: Divinas palabras (1977)

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