Eugenia Grandet (1953)

Directed by

Emilio Gómez Muriel

Genre

drama film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in mid-20th century Mexico lives under the control of her miserly father. Her life changes when a cousin arrives and challenges her quiet existence.

melancholicslow-burnbittersweetgroundedintrospectiverestrained

What happens

Eugenia Grandet is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Marga López, Julio Villarreal and Andrea Palma. It is based on the 1833 French novel Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac with the setting shifted from nineteenth century France to mid-twentieth century Mexico. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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