Tepeyac (Spanish: El milagro de Tepeyac, lit. 'The Miracle from Tepeyac') is a 1917 Mexican silent film directed by José Manuel Ramos, Carlos E. Gonzáles and Fernando Sáyago.[1] It was rescued by Aurelio de los Reyes and restored by National Autonomous University of Mexico and was Mexico's only surviving silent film in history.
| Tepeyac | |
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| Directed by | José Manuel Ramos Carlos E. Gonzáles Fernando Sáyago |
| Written by | José Manuel Ramos Carlos E. Gonzáles |
| Produced by | Enrique Rosas |
| Starring |
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Production company | Colonial |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 min |
| Country | Mexico |
Plot
editLupita Flores knows her fiancé Carlos Fernández was in a boat sunk by a German submarine and she prays to the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Later on, she cannot sleep and starts reading a book about the apparition of Tonantzin as the Virgin of Guadalupe.[2] The story follows Juan Diego, who sees a vision of the maiden at Tepeyac. Eventually, Carlos is saved and Lupita and Carlos go to Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12.
References
editBibliography
edit- David E. Wilt: The Mexican Filmography 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2004. ISBN 978-0-7864-6122-6
- Rodrãguez, Paul A. Schroeder. “Latin American Silent Cinema: Triangulation and the Politics of Criollo Aesthetics.” Latin American Research Review, vol. 43, no. 3, 2008, pp. 33–58. JSTOR [JSTOR], doi:10.1353/lar.0.0049.
External links
edit- Tepeyac at IMDb
- (in Spanish) Página para ver la película en la Filmoteca de la UNAM filmoteca.unam.mx
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