''Divinas palabras'' (

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: ''Divine Words'') is a

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

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film directed by

Juan Ibáñez Juan Ibáñez (April 20, 1938 – September 12, 2000) was a Mexican actor, film director, producer and writer. He was born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato and died in Mexico City. His films include ' (1967) an adaptation of a novel by Juan Rulfo, a fil ...

and starring

Silvia Pinal Silvia Pinal Hidalgo (12September 193128November 2024) was a Mexican actress. She began her career in theatre before venturing into cinema in 1949. She became one of the greatest female stars of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and, with her p ...

and Mario Almada. The film is based on the play of the same name by

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author

Ramón del Valle-Inclán Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (born in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, on October 28, 1866, and died in Santiago de Compostela on January 5, 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist, and member of the Spanish Generation o ...

Plot

Mari Gaila is a lady who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing deception with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.

Cast

... ''Mari Gaila'' * Mario Almada ... ''Séptimo Miau'' *

Rita Macedo Rita Macedo (April 21, 1925 – December 5, 1993) was a Mexican actress and dressmaker. She was nominated for an Ariel Award for her 1956 performance in "Ensayo de un crimen" and in 1991 for a TVyNovelas Prize for "Alcanzar una estrella". She w ...

... ''Benita la costurera'' * Guillermo Orea... ''Pedro Galio'' * Martha Zavaleta ... ''Tatula'' * Martha Verduzco ... ''Marica'' * Carmen Flores ... ''Simoniña'' * Xavier Estrada ... ''Laureano''

Production

This play of del Valle-Inclán had given the young Mexican director Juan Ibáñez a great success when he directed its production on stage, before his start as a film director with ''Los caifanes'' (1966). The actress Silvia Pinal revealed: "I was going to do this movie with

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

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, but he struggled with the copyright."''El cine de Silvia Pinal'', p.137-138

References

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FilmAffinity: Divinas palabras (1977)
1977 drama films 1977 films Mexican films based on plays 1970s Spanish-language films Mexican drama films 1970s Mexican films Spanish-language drama films Films based on works by Ramón del Valle-Inclán {{1970s-Mexico-film-stub