Pedro Páramo (1967 film)

Pedro Páramo
Directed by Carlos Velo
Produced by Federico Amérigo
Manuel Barbachano Ponce
Felipe Subervielle
Written by Manuel Barbachano Ponce
Carlos Fuentes
Juan Rulfo
Carlos Velo
Starring John Gavin
Cinematography Gabriel Figueroa
Edited by Gloria Schoemann
Release dates
  • 17 January 1967
Running time
110 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

Pedro Páramo is a 1967 Mexican drama film directed by Carlos Velo. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is based on the short novel of the same name.

Cast

Production

John Gavin was best known for appearing in Ross Hunter movies. He had a Mexican mother and said he made this film "so I could make something I was proud of."[2] He was first asked to make the film by Fuentes in 1962. Gavin:

In Mexico, Pedro Paramo is as important as Don Quixote is in Spain. This may sound grandiose but it can be compared with Dante's Divine Inferno or Goethe's Faust. It is the journey of a young man in search of his father but, as an allegory, it is man in search of himself... It's the biggest Mexican film ever made.[2]

Release

The film was released in the US in 1967.[3]

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Pedro Páramo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gavin Gets Down to Business Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 June 1966: d12.
  3. 'Paramo' Echoes Bergman PEPE ARCIGA. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 24 Aug 1967: d11.

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