72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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King Vidor
USA
82 min.
Johnny, an American adventurer, arrives at exotic islands in Polynesia, in the South Pacific and falls madly in love with Luana, the beautiful daughter of the head of a local tribe. But the love of the two young people is viewed with bad eyes by the people of Luana, who have the young woman a very different destiny.
Emilio Fernández
Mexico
94 min.
In a Bajío village of the early twentieth century, José Luis, son of the landowner Don Francisco, marries Esperanza, a beautiful and humble peasant, in secret. Disgusted by the wedding and because his son has become a revolutionary, Don Francisco disinherits José Luis and kicks him out of his house. After the triumph of the revolution, the couple lives happily until José Luis finds himself forced to face a couple of false revolutionaries who have kidnapped Esperanza and a young son.
Thornton Freelance
EEUU
89 min.
The director of an aircraft fleet has problems with his staff. When we have a contract to travel to Rio de Janeiro, problems arise because now is the other person who is promised.
Norman Foster
EEUU
70 min.
Howard Graham, an American engineer with expertise in weapons, arrives at a hotel in Istanbul, accompanied by his wife. That same night, in a room of varieties, suffers an attack. Colonel Haki, the Turkish secret police, the lawyer of Peter Banat, a murderer for the Gestapo, and behind him; To ensure your safety, we ask you to set sail on a boat bound for Batumi, where you can reconnect with your wife. On the boat, people of doubtful identity travel, including Banat.
Ismael Rodríguez
Mexico
97 min.
Defeated and almost without troops, the Villista colonel Zeta arrives at a town controlled by the Carrancistas. Although they are allies, Zeta imprisons and orders Colonel Zúñiga and several of his men to take control of the town. Among the dead is the lover of "La Cucaracha", a resolute camp follower who captains a group of armed women. To the combats between the troops the confrontations between Zeta and "La Cucaracha" and the appearance of Isabel, a bourgeois woman forced to join the group of revolutionaries, are added.
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Spain
101 min.
The tempest over the house of Narcés arose when it was three years since Martín's wife, Angélica, mysteriously disappeared in the waters of the river. Despite the bad weather and ignoring the advice of Angélica's mother, Martín leaves the house to go and raise cattle. At that moment a strange pilgrim arrives in search of shelter. She can only stop for a few minutes because she has to meet on the bridge with Adela, a girl whom Death seeks.
Emilio Fernández
México
102 min.
In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Maria Candelaria is segregated for being a prostitute's child and the couple faces the greed of Mr. Damian, the town's shop owner who secretly desires Maria. When Maria falls sick with Malaria, Lorenzo Rafael steals a quinine bottle from Damian's shop, unleashing tragedy for the lovers.. One day, María Candelaria, ill with malaria ...
Julio Bracho
Mexico
90 min.
A wealthy couple is hampered by having no children. The sister-in-law feels attracted to the husband and marries his brother. Tension raises between them when the wife falls ill.
John Ford
EEUU
104 min.
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Raoul Walsh
USA
90 min.
Adaptation of Carmen, a novel by the French writer Prosper Merimée, in which Bizet was inspired to compose the opera of the same name. Set in Seville, in 1820, during the reign of Fernando VII (1814-1833). Carmen, a young gypsy woman who works in a cigar factory, falls head over heels in Lieutenant Don José.
Raoul Walsh
USA
103 min.
Tasia is a young peasant who lives a romance with Grand Duke Eugene, a Russian aristocrat who is engaged to Princess Varvara. Adaptation of the novel "The Red Dancer of Moscow".
Raoul Walsh
EEUU
116 min.
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, WWI brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause.
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