15° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Retrospective - Mexican Cinema Classic Era (1933-1960)

EN TIEMPOS DE DON PORFIRIO / MELODíAS DE ANTAÃ'O

DURING THE TIME OF DON PORFIRIO

Country: Angola
Year: 1939
Duration: 160'


In a city in the province, towards the end of nineteenth century, the bohemian Francisco loses all his money in a poker game against don Rodrigo. He even forgets his own wedding. The mother of Carlota, the outraged bride, sends her daughter to Europe with an uncle who Carlota marries in spite of the fact that she has had a child by Francisco. After a few years, the three return home. Francisco and the little girl become friends even though the little girl does not know that he is her father. Carlota's husband dies and Carmen grows up. Carmen's mother wants to marry her to the old don Rodrigo, but Carmen loves a student. So Carlota decides to speed up the marriage between her daughter and Rodrigo. At his stag party, Francisco gets Rodrigo drunk thus preventing him from turning up at his own wedding. When Rodrigo comes to he has to fight the student who he has offended. Rodrigo escapes in the middle of the duel, Carmen is told that Francisco is her father and Carlota and Francisco have a reconciliation. They get married and Carmen also marries the man she loves.

Biography

film director

Juan Bustillo Oro

Cast

& Credits

Director: Juan Bustillo Oro.
Soggetto e sceneggiatura: Humberto Gómez Landero, Juan Bustillo Oro.
Director of photography: Jack Draper.
Art director: Carlos Toussaint.
Editor: Mario González.
Music: Max Urban.
Sound: Roberto Rodríguez, Rafael Ruiz Esparza.
Cast and characters: Fernando Soler (Francisco de la Torre), Marina Tamayo (Carmen), Emilio Tuero (Fernando Villanueva), Joaquín Pardavé (Rodríguez y Eje), Dolores Camarillo (Chole), Aurora Walker (Carlota).
Production company: Grovas y Cía. Oro Films, Jesús Grovas.
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