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Valentín de la Sierra (1968)

Valentín de la Sierra poster
Directed by
René Cardona
Genre
adventure, romance
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes a rebel during the Mexican Revolution. The film dramatizes his life and death, inspired by a traditional corrido song.

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What happens

Valentín de la Sierra is a 1968 Mexican Western drama film directed by René Cardona and starring Antonio Aguilar y Ofelia Montesco, with the special participation of the actresses and singers Lola Beltrán y Enriqueta Jiménez «La Prieta Linda». The film is inspired by the corrido of the same name, a dramatization of the death of Cristero rebel Valentín Ávila Ramírez. The setting of the film was changed to the earlier Mexican Revolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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