Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
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The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Maria Santander — Miss Aragon
- Ernesto Schwartz — Tono
- Lilia Aragón — Flavia's Mother (voice)
- Hilda Perez Carbajal — Madame Rickard (voice)
- Marcela Paez — Grandmother (voice)
- Araceli de Leon — Nana (voice)
- Patricia Acevedo — (voice)
- Laura Almela — Claudia (uncredited)
- Arturo Beristáin — Flavia's Father (uncredited)
- Rosa Furman — Señora Krinsky (uncredited)
- Rita Macedo — Jaime's Grandmother (uncredited)
- Directed
- Carlos Enrique Taboada
- Written
- Carlos Enrique Taboada
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 149 ratings
- Studio
- Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (
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