Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975)

Original title

Nazareno Cruz y el lobo

Directed by

Leonardo Favio

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

Argentina, Mexico

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is cursed to turn into a wolf under the full moon. The story adapts the Argentine myth of the Lobizón and follows his struggle with his fate and his love for a woman.

melancholicmythicatmosphericslow-burntragicfolkloricvisually lushintimatehaunting

What happens

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (Spanish: Nazareno Cruz y el lobo, las palomas y los gritos; original title translatable as "Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf: The Doves and the Screams") is a 1975 fantasy drama film coproduced and directed by Leonardo Favio and starring Juan José Camero, Marina Magali and Alfredo Alcón. It was written by Favio and Jorge Zuhair Jury, Favio's brother and frequent script collaborator. The story works as an adaptation of the classical myth of the Lobizón, and it has become a classic film. It is also widely known as the most successful of all time in its country. With 3.4 million viewers it holds the national record ahead of El secreto de sus ojos. The film is a co-production between Argentina and Mexico. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered in the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 30th position. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 17th position. Also in 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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