Alma llanera

Alma llanera
Alma llanera
Directed by	Gilberto Martínez Solares
Screenplay by	Gilberto Martínez Solares; Alfredo Ruanova; Carlos E. Taboada
Story by	Alfredo Ruanova; Carlos E. Taboada
Produced by	Manuel Zeceña Diéguez
Starring	Antonio Aguilar; Flor Silvestre; Manuel Capetillo
Cinematography	Agustín Martínez Solares
Edited by	Carlos Savage
Music by	Raúl Lavista
Production; company	Panamerican Films S.A.
Distributed by	Azteca Films Inc.
Release date	29 October 1965 (Mexico);
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Alma llanera (English: "Soul of the Plains") is a 1965 Mexican Western drama film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre and Manuel Capetillo.^[1]^[2] It features Aguilar portraying his characteristic ranchero film hero.^[1]

Plot

Two childhood friends, Juan Pablo (Antonio Aguilar) and Ramiro (Manuel Capetillo) meet again, but when a difficult situation arises, the friends are slowly turned into rivals. Complicating matters is Juan Pablo's love for Lucía (Flor Silvestre).

Cast

Antonio Aguilar as Juan Pablo Ureña
Flor Silvestre as Lucía
Manuel Capetillo as Ramiro Leyva
Manuel Dondé as El tuerto
Juan José Laboriel as Zampayo
Augusto Monterroso as Doctor Ramos
Claudio Lanuza (as Claudio Lanusa)

Reception

La guía del cine mexicano de la pantalla grande a la televisión, 1919–1984 states about the film: "The film tries to reproduce a climate similar to that of Doña Bárbara. Unfortunately, the beautiful and famous Venezuelan song that gives its title to Alma llanera is wasted."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Garcia Berumen, Frank Javier (2016). Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4766-1411-3.
^ García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano, Volumen 12 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. pp. 94–95. ISBN 968-895-541-8.
^ García Riera, Emilio; Macotela, Fernando (1984). La guía del cine mexicano de la pantalla grande a la televisión, 1919–1984 (in Spanish). Editorial Patria. p. 19. ISBN 968-39-0029-1.

External links

Alma llanera at IMDb

[Garcia_Berumen-1] Garcia Berumen, Frank Javier (2016). Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4766-1411-3.

[2] García Riera, Emilio (1992). Historia documental del cine mexicano, Volumen 12 (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. pp. 94–95. ISBN 968-895-541-8.

[3] García Riera, Emilio; Macotela, Fernando (1984). La guía del cine mexicano de la pantalla grande a la televisión, 1919–1984 (in Spanish). Editorial Patria. p. 19. ISBN 968-39-0029-1.

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