The Pearl of Tlayucan
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Luis Alcoriza
Andrés Soler
Julio Aldama
Jorge Martínez De Hoyos
Norma Angélica
Anita Blanch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a small Mexican village, the local priest berates the peasants for not contributing to church fêtes and pilgrimages. When a small boy sickens, his grieving father steals a pearl from the crown of the statue of Santa Lucia to pay for medicine. The father is caught, but the pearl is lost. His neighbors, however, rally to the father's support, and he is allowed to go free. His wife finds the missing pearl, passed by a swine that had swallowed it. She returns it to the statue, and the village thinks that a miracle has occurred.
Director
Luis Alcoriza
Cast
Andrés Soler
Julio Aldama
Jorge Martínez De Hoyos
Norma Angélica
Anita Blanch
Noé Murayama
Francisco Córdova
José Gálvez
Antonio Bravo
José Chávez
Dolores Camarillo
José Carlos Ortiz
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Produced in Mexico in 1961 as Tlayucan.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall September 1964
Released in United States June 1962
Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival June 1962.
Shot in 1961.
Released in United States June 1962 (Shown at Karlovy Vary Film Festival June 1962.)
Released in United States Fall September 1964
