Feature film
Romelia's Secret
El secreto de Romelia
Busi Cortés · 1988
Synopsis
Romelia Orantes, now elderly, returns to her native town of Tlaxcala with her daughter Dolores and her granddaughters, to receive the inheritance of her husband, Dr Carlos Román, who has just died. Dolores believed him long dead and discovers that he was still alive when she was born. She delves into her mother's past, in the 1930s: a marriage quickly broken off, a brother, Rafael, and the love affairs of the doctor's first wife.
Context
The director's first feature film, based on the story “El viudo Román” by Rosario Castellanos, it is written by her, produced by Eduardo Maldonado with her former school and Conacite Dos, and photographed by Francisco Bojórquez. Dolores Beristáin plays the elderly Romelia, Arcelia Ramírez the young Romelia, Diana Bracho Dolores and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. the doctor. Completed in 1988, it was released in cinemas in September 1989 according to one source, and was shown at Cannes, Créteil and Moscow.
Who it is for
A film of an hour and fifty minutes, set between two eras, easy to follow; in Spanish.
Prizes and reception
Ariel for best first film; regarded as a landmark work of the generation of women directors that appeared in 1988.
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