Tepeyac (1917)

Directed by

José Manuel Ramos, Carlos E. González, Fernando Sáyago

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Mexican silent film tells the story of the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe at Tepeyac. It follows the events as witnessed by a native man named Juan Diego. The film is a surviving piece of early Mexican cinema.

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What happens

Tepeyac (Spanish: El milagro de Tepeyac, lit. 'The Miracle from Tepeyac') is a 1917 Mexican silent film directed by José Manuel Ramos, Carlos E. Gonzáles and Fernando Sáyago. It was rescued by Aurelio de los Reyes and restored by the National Autonomous University of Mexico and is Mexico's only surviving silent film in history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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