El indio (1939)

Directed by

Armando Vargas de la Maza

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in 1930s Mexico faces struggles related to his Indigenous identity. The story is based on a novel about social issues of the time.

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What happens

El indio (English: The Indian) is a 1939 Mexican drama film directed by Armando Vargas de la Maza and based on the novel of the same name by Gregorio López y Fuentes. It was released in Mexico on 10 February 1939 and in United States on 12 May of the same year. Consuelo Frank and Pedro Armendáriz received equal billing, while Dolores Camarillo (billed as Dolores C. de Frausto), who was the film's comic relief, was billed last. Later she would receive a somewhat higher billing in Cantinflas's Ahí está el detalle. The film also explores an early form of Mexican indio comic performances given by Carlos López "Chaflán" and Dolores Camarillo. These comic roles would later give inspiration to María Elena Velasco's La India María film series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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