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After the success of this costly film, Dancigers became one of the most important producers of the [[Cinema of Mexico]] and Fernández obtained international recognition. De Havilland never knew of the love of Fernández but he was able to get the government of [[Mexico City]] to change the name of the street he grew up on to ''Dulce Olivia'' ("Sweet Olivia").
After the success of this costly film, Dancigers became one of the most important producers of the [[Cinema of Mexico]] and Fernández obtained international recognition. De Havilland never knew of the love of Fernández but he was able to get the government of [[Mexico City]] to change the name of the street he grew up on to ''Dulce Olivia'' ("Sweet Olivia").

==Plot==
In a fishing village, Kino (Armendáriz) and his wife Juana (Marqués) are in anguish because their little son Coyotito was stung by a [[scorpion]], the local doctor (a foreigner) refuses to treat the child and the boy is taken to a [[curandero|curandera]]. Later the doctor and his brother (Wagner), a loan shark meet Kino again, after he finds an expensive [[pearl]] and decide to steal it from him.


==Awards==
==Awards==
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===[[Madrid Film Festival]] 1949===
===[[Madrid Film Festival]] 1949===
* Gabriel Figueroa (photography)
* Gabriel Figueroa (photography)

==Plot==

In a fishing village, Kino (Armendáriz) and his wife Juana (Marqués) are in anguish because their little son Coyotito was stung by a [[scorpion]], the local doctor (a foreigner) refuses to treat the child and the boy is taken to a [[curandero|curandera]]. Later the doctor and his brother (Wagner), a loan shark meet Kino again, after he finds an expensive [[pearl]] and decide to steal it from him.


==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0037981|title=La Perla}}
* '''(es)''' [http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/perla.html ''La Perla''] at the [[Cinema of Mexico]] site of [[ITESM]].
* '''(es)''' [http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/perla.html ''La Perla''] at the [[Cinema of Mexico]] site of [[ITESM]].
* '''(es)''' [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/act_permanentes/luces_de_la_ciudad/CineClub/laperla.htm ''La perla''] at [[Red escolar]].
* '''(es)''' [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/act_permanentes/luces_de_la_ciudad/CineClub/laperla.htm ''La perla''] at [[Red escolar]].
*{{imdb title|id=0037981|title=La Perla}}
*[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=37563 New York Times Movie Review]
*[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=37563 New York Times Movie Review]



Revision as of 18:24, 6 February 2010

This article is about the Mexican movie. For other uses, see La Perla.
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Directed byEmilio Fernández
Written byJohn Steinbeck (adaptation by Emilio Fernández, John Steinbeck and Jackson Wagner)
Produced byÁguila Films
StarringPedro Armendáriz
María Elena Marqués
Fernando Wagner
Charles Rooner
CinematographyGabriel Figueroa
Edited byGloria Schoemann
Music byAntonio Díaz Conde
Release date
1945
Running time
85 min.
CountryMexico
Languages2 versions: Spanish and English

La perla ("The pearl") is a 1945 Mexican film. The story is based on the novel The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie.

In 1945, Emilio Fernández, who was in love with Olivia de Havilland (Gone with the Wind), thought she was the ideal actress to play the starring role of this movie. He planned to produce the film for Óscar Dancigers, the Franco-Russian head of Águila Films who had arrived in Mexico three years earlier escaping the horrors of war in Europe. Dancigers prepared the production of the film with a script written by Fernández and Steinbeck, the author of the novel of the same name (The Pearl), in both Spanish and English versions.

After the success of this costly film, Dancigers became one of the most important producers of the Cinema of Mexico and Fernández obtained international recognition. De Havilland never knew of the love of Fernández but he was able to get the government of Mexico City to change the name of the street he grew up on to Dulce Olivia ("Sweet Olivia").

Plot

In a fishing village, Kino (Armendáriz) and his wife Juana (Marqués) are in anguish because their little son Coyotito was stung by a scorpion, the local doctor (a foreigner) refuses to treat the child and the boy is taken to a curandera. Later the doctor and his brother (Wagner), a loan shark meet Kino again, after he finds an expensive pearl and decide to steal it from him.

Awards

Awarded

Nominated

  • Gilberto Diego González (supporting actor)
  • María Elena Marqués (actress)
  • Gloria Schoemann (editing)
  • Antonio Díaz Conde (score)
  • Emilio Fernández (screenplay)
  • Emilio Fernández (director)
  • Gabriel Figueroa (photography)
  • Emilio Fernández Golden Lion
  • Gabriel Figueroa (photography)