Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
- mexico
- based on novel or book
- inquisition
- hunger
- hunger strike
- torture
- devil
- death
- starvation
- depiction of god
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ignacio López Tarso
Macario
Pina Pellicer
Esposa de Macario
Enrique Lucero
La muerte
Mario Alberto Rodríguez
Don Ramiro
- José Gálvez — El Demonio
- Eduardo Fajardo — Virrey
- Consuelo Frank — Virreina
- José Dupeyrón
- Celia Tejeda — Chona
- Luis Aceves Castañeda — Verdugo infartado (uncredited)
- Miguel Arenas — Inquisidor (uncredited)
- Alfredo Wally Barrón — Don Alfredo, panadero (uncredited)
- Queta Carrasco — Vecina de Macario (uncredited)
- Felipe de Flores — Nieto de abuelo enfermo (uncredited)
- Alicia del Lago — Viuda (uncredited)
- Directed
- Roberto Gavaldón
- Written
- Emilio Carballido, Roberto Gavaldón
Production
- Rating
- 8.7 / 10 · 217 ratings
- Studio
- Clasa Films Mundiales, Estudios Churubusco Azteca
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
