Tlayucan
Sign in to saveTlayucan is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a novel by Jesús Murciélago Velázquez. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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6.6Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.
Released: 1962-12-27105 minDir: Luis AlcorizaComedy, Drama
Cast
- Julio Aldama as Eufemio Zárate
- Norma Angélica as Chabela
- Andrés Soler as Don Tomás Cruz
- Anita Blanch as Señorita Prisca
- Noé Murayama as Matías
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Padre Aurelio
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Tlayucan
- Film.image
- Tlayucan 1962.jpg
- Film.director
- Luis Alcoriza
- Film.producer
- Antonio Matouk
- Film.screenplay
- Luis Alcoriza
- Film.starring
- Julio AldamaNorma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara
- Film.cinematography
- Rosalío Solano
- Film.runtime
- 105 minutes
- Film.country
- Mexico
- Film.language
- Spanish
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Key dates
- Published
- 27 December 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Luis Alcoriza
- Screenwriter
- Luis Alcoriza
- Duration
- +105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 475310
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- Spanish
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Tlayucan is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a novel by Jesús Murciélago Velázquez. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
==Plot== Desperate due to his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio resorts to stealing a pearl from the statue of Saint Lucía in the village church. The theft is captured by some tourists, and Eufemio finds himself on the brink of being lynched by his enraged neighbors. The pearl vanishes, swallowed by one of the pigs belonging to Chabela, Eufemio's wife. Only the timely intervention of Don Tomás spares Eufemio from his fate, although the precious pearl remains elusive.