Un rayo de luz (1960)

Director:

Luis Lucia

Writers:

Félix Atalaya (screenplay)
Félix Atalaya (story)

Release Date:

9 September 1960 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

A man and a woman have secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress and singer that is failing to success in her career...

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Marisol	...	Marisol
Anselmo Duarte	...	Pablo
María Mahor	...	Elena
Julio Sanjuán	...	Conde D'Angelo
María del Valle
Joaquín Roa	...	Profesor de canto / Dimas - el falso mayordomo
María Isbert	...	Miss Elisabeth (as Maruja Isbert)
Pilar Sanclemente	...	Inés Mezquita
Pilar Sala
Antonio Vela	...	Barbarrojita
Antonio Molino Rojo
José Cuenca
Juan Cortés
Joaquín Burgos
Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:All | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Guión Producciones Cinematográficas

Trivia:

In real life, María Mahor would have been too young to be Marisol's mother, since she is only 8 years older than her.

Soundtrack:

Adios al colegio

Introducing the Spanish Shirley Temple.

Marisol's first film reveals a talented and more beautiful variation on the spanish child star than audiences had seen before. This story about the estranged child of a widowed Spanish cabaret singer bonding with her bitter wealthy Italian grandfather is a classic of Spanish cinema and made Marisol a household name in the spanish speaking world. The songs, her blonde hair and blue eyes, and the sometimes contrived sentiments work beautifully every step of the way. A RAY OF LIGHT indeed.