La verdadera vocación de Magdalena (1972)

Director:

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Writer:

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo (screenplay)

Stars:

Angélica María, Carmen Montejo, Javier Martín del Campo

Cast

Cast overview:
Angélica María	...	Magdalena, "Magui" / "Irene Durán"
Carmen Montejo	...	Zoyla
Javier Martín del Campo	...	Emeterio, "Eme"
Letícia Robles	...	Gloria
Farnesio de Bernal	...	Armando
Ricardo Fuentes	...	Ricardo
Emma Roldán	...	Vendedora de lotería
Mario Casillas	...	Entrevistador TV
María Guadalupe Delgado	...	Armando's Mother
Rafael Baledón	...	Señor Almazán
Lourdes Canale	...	Tere
Guillermo Castillo	...	Guillermo
María Montejo	...	Girl
Pedro Regueiro	...	Young hippie
Roberto Jordán	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

marriage | middle class | melodrama | mother daughter relationship

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Taglines:

Nunca fue tan feliz la manzana... hasta que estuvo habitada por un gusano.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2 November 1972 (Mexico)

Filming Locations:

Avandaro, Valle de Bravo, Estado de México, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinematográfica Marco Polo S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Comic and critic Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's opera prima

Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents.

Acting is kind of irregular. Angelica María, in a very personal opinion, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education. But Carmen Montejo is irregular, sometimes she complains fulfilling the screen and sometimes she just fall in melodramatic postures, like a soap opera.

The music is great, in one of the first original scores of Mexican cinema and sometimes singed by Angelica María. Also, there are footage images of Avandaro Music Festival, which increase the value of this movie.