Cinema
La lunareja
Bernardo Roca Rey · 1946
Synopsis
Lima, 1824. Isabela, nicknamed la lunareja, the daughter of a Spanish cobbler, loves Alonso, a patriot committed to the cause of independence. After the victory at Ayacucho, the last royalists entrench themselves in the fortress of Real Felipe, in Callao, under the orders of José Ramón Rodil, and Isabela takes refuge there with other inhabitants of Lima, hoping to be reunited with the man she loves.
Context
The film adapts “Una moza de rompe y raja”, one of the Peruvian Traditions of Ricardo Palma. The Asociación de Artistas Aficionados produced it with Nacional Films, which lent its technical services: Pedro Valdivieso Farías on image, Luis Pacheco de Céspedes on music, Elvira Miró Quesada as adviser and Mocha Graña on costumes. It was shot in the studios of Nacional Films, at the Casa Hacienda Orbea in Pueblo Libre and at the Real Felipe itself, where the siege takes place; the role of Alonso goes to his brother Ricardo. The premiere took place on 5 July 1946 at the Metro cinema in Lima. Ricardo Bedoya notes in it a scrupulous technical correctness and an almost statuesque treatment of the characters.
Who it is for
In Spanish. One needs to know which side one is looking from: the film pays tribute to the criollos, sons of Spaniards born in Peru, who rallied to the cause of independence.
Prizes and reception
Regarded as one of the best Peruvian productions of its time and as a milestone of national cinema, it remained the only feature film of the association that produced it.
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