Chac: Dios de la lluvia
| Chac: Dios de la lluvia | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rolando Klein |
| Produced by | Rolando Klein |
| Written by | Rolando Klein |
| Starring |
Pablo Canche Balam Alonzo Mendez Ton Sebastian Santis Pedro Tiez |
| Music by |
Victor Fozado Elisabeth Waldo |
| Cinematography |
William B. Kaplan Álex Phillips Jr. |
| Edited by | Harry Keramidas |
| Distributed by | Libra Films Milestone Film & Video |
Release dates | 1975 |
Running time | 95 min |
| Country |
Mexico Panama |
| Language |
Mayan Languages Spanish |
Chac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein.
The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac.
The film is in the Maya languages. The majority of the cast speak Tzotzil Maya, but one of the main actors, Pablo Canche Balam who plays the shaman, speaks Yukatek Maya.
The film is referenced in Richard Kadrey's novel Aloha From Hell where it's called Las Montañas del Gehenna (a title that appears nowhere else). The narrator's plot description is basically accurate though he does incorrectly call it a "Mexican spaghetti western".
External links
- IMDB listing
- Review of the film: Chac: The Rain God
- Chac: The making of a “Mayan” movie? Review by Sheldon H. Davis
- Debate on Chac by Rolando Klein and Shelton H. Davis
- In Search of a Universal Language: Interview with Rolando Klein
- Chac: Dios de la lluvia at AllMovie