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Cantaclaro
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Wikipedia article
'Cantaclaro' is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Bad and Alberto Galn. The film is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Rmulo Gallegos. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jess Bracho.
Plot
Florentino (Antonio Bad), nicknamed "Cantaclaro", after saving his family's lands, goes to the plains to learn more songs to sing. There he falls in love with Rosngela (Esther Fernandez), a young woman surrounded by many secrets.
Cast
* Esther Fernandez as Rosangela / Angela Rosa
* Antonio Bad as Florentino Coronado Cantaclaro
* Alberto Galn as Doctor Juan Crisostomo Payara
* Paco Fuentes as Juan Parado
* Rafael Lanzetta as Guarriqueo
* Fanny Schiller as Doa Nico
* Rafael Alcayde as Carlos Jaramillo
* ngel T. Sala as Coronel Buitrago
* Alejandro Ciangherotti as Juan el Veguero
* Maruja Grifell as Nana
* Arturo Soto Rangel as Don Aquilino
* Gilberto Gonzlez
* Salvador Quiroz
* Roberto Caedo
Production
The film was made as part of a spate of film adaptations of Rmulo Gallegos's novels following success of 'Doa Brbara' (1943).
'Cantaclaro' began filming in June 1945, after Julio Bracho made 'The White Monk'. An American envoy from 20th Century Fox, Francis Alstock, boyfriend of actress Esther Fernandez, who starred in the film, featured as executive producer. It features filming locations in Veracruz.
Reception
In 'Los Bracho: tres generaciones de cine mexicano', Jess Ibarra states that at the time of the film's premiere, "the critics were divided their opinions and the public did not like it," stating that "despite the beautiful and fluid language, the dialogues were long and the film a bit boring," with 'Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age' citing that "some contemporary critics have generally labeled 'Cantaclaro', along with most or all of the Gallegos films, 'mediocre'". However, Ibarra also stated that with the film "the same thing happened as with 'The White Monk'; Bracho made art cinema, not suitable for the Mexican public in general", going so far as to argue, when mentioning that the film won fewer Ariel Awards than Emilio Fernndez's film 'Enamorada' that year, that Bracho's film was "much more worthy of being awarded" than Fernndez's film.
References
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