Feature film
The Days of Love
Los días del amor
Alberto Isaac · 1972
Synopsis
Colima, at the end of the twenties, during the war against the Cristeros, the peasants who rose up to defend their faith. Gabriel Icaza, a teenager surrounded by his grandmother, Grandecita, and his uncles and aunts, discovers love. He falls for Marcela, the wife of General Terrazas, sent to crush the rebellion, and also has an affair with a woman from the town.
Context
A partly autobiographical narrative, shot in January and February 1971 at the Churubusco studios and in Colima, the film is written by the director with Emilio García Riera, produced by Artistas Mexicanos Asociados and photographed by Jorge Stahl Jr. Arturo Beristáin plays Gabriel, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos Uncle Vicente, Anita Blanch the grandmother, Marcela López Rey Marcela and Héctor Ortega General Terrazas. It was released on 9 March 1972 at the Regis cinema in Mexico City; the Festival des 3 Continents showed it in 1983.
Who it is for
One hour twenty-nine in colour and in Spanish: the chronicle of a first love against the backdrop of a religious war.
Prizes and reception
Two Ariel Awards in 1972; some critics see it as its director's best film, others judge it overrated.
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