El jardín de la tía Isabel (1971)

Lope de Vega leads an expedition in search of El Dorado.

Director:

Felipe Cazals

Writers:

Julio Alejandro, Jaime Casillas (screenplay),

Stars:

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Claudio Brook, Ofelia Guilmáin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos	...	Capitaine de Ballesteros
Claudio Brook	...	Gonzalo de Medina
Ofelia Guilmáin	...	Xeneta
Gregorio Casal	...	Diego
Jorge Luke	...	Roderico
Javier Esponda	...	Césat
Augusto Benedico
Julián Pastor
Germán Robles
Alfonso Arau
Claudio Obregón
Martha Navarro
Roberto Dumont
Juan Peláez
Carlos Fernández

Storyline

At the beginning of XVI century, two spanish ships are wrecked by a storm in the sea, near the coast of America. The few survivors include some prostitutes, a couple of priest and part of the crew. Most of them will die murdered, suicided, killed by animals or natural disaster. At the end only few of them will settled in the old city of Tulum where they will find a place to live isolated away from spanish crown.

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Plot Keywords:

expedition | human relationship | greed | suffering | ship wreck | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

6 April 1972 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Le jardin de tante Isabelle

Filming Locations:

Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alpha Centauri

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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