Wild Flower (1943)

Original title

Flor silvestre

Directed by

Emilio Fernández

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

B-15

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple from different social classes struggle to be together during the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution. Their love is tested by family opposition and the violence of the war around them.

romanticmelodramaticnostalgicepicvisually lushserioustraditionalhistorical

What happens

Wild Flower (Spanish: Flor silvestre) is a 1943 Mexican historical film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz. It is the first Mexican movie of Dolores del Río after her career in silent and Hollywood's Golden Age films. It is the first movie of an extended collaboration between Fernández-Del Rio-Armendáriz, Gabriel Figueroa (cinematography) and Mauricio Magdaleno (writer). It also marked the debut of Emilia Guiú in a small role as an extra. The film is considered one of the defining films of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema (1936-1956). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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