La isla de las mujeres (1953)

Director:

Rafael Baledón

Writers:

Janet Alcoriza (screenplay), Janet Alcoriza (story),

Stars:

Germán Valdés, Lilia del Valle, Fernando Soto

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Germán Valdés	...	(as Tin-Tan alias)
Lilia del Valle
Fernando Soto	...	(as Fernando Soto 'Mantequilla')
Marcelo Chávez
Carlota Solares
Pedro de Aguillón	...	(as Pedro d'Aguillón)
Araceli Julián	...	(as Hnas. Julián)
Elena Julián	...	(as Hnas. Julián)
Rosalía Julián	...	(as Hnas. Julián)
Joaquín García Vargas	...	(as Borolas)
Luz María Núñez
Omar Jasso
Estela Matute
Pepe Ruiz Vélez
Aurora Segura

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

matriarchy | island

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

16 April 1953 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Ilha de Mulheres

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinematográfica Filmex S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Chorro de Voz"
Written by Salvador Flores (as Salvador Flores Rivera)

User Reviews

Not one of the best, but Tin Tan at least

From beginning to end, there's always a feeling that this motion picture is without a doubt 50 years old. Mainly because of it's candid plot -a man (Tin-Tán) that happens to arrive on an island ruled by women who is mistaken for a God by it's tribe and the chief of it, named Toronga (Marcelo)-, and for the way it goes developing the story. Tin-Tán falls in love with this one girl, try to create a rebellion by the oppressed men, and when the scam is unveiled (that he's not a deity), and after an auction where he is being sold to the bachelorettes, he convinces the women not to fight against the warriors from a rival island but to surrender the enemy with their charms. This leaves Tin-Tán with the woman he wants and also closes all in a happy ending that comes along full of choreographies and songs that now has become a trade mark on the comic-musical features of this kind of pictures made back then.

But nevermind the aesthetics and aged taste because the main role belongs to Tin-Tán, one of our greatest comic actor of all times; his sole presence in black & white movies make them worth watching, and even if this one may not be one of his best (on this category fall those made as a Pachuco and/or with Martínez Solares directing, and Tun-Tun, Rubinskis and Vitola as sidekicks), this Women's island is certainly a fun experience just because of him.