Feature film
Santa
Antonio Moreno · 1932
Synopsis
Santa, a poor young woman of great beauty, lives with her family in Chimalistac, near Mexico City. Seduced and then abandoned by the soldier Marcelino, she is cast out by her family and enters a brothel in the capital. There she falls for the bullfighter nicknamed el Jarameño, while the establishment's blind pianist, Hipólito, loves her in secret and watches over her.
Context
Adapted from Federico Gamboa's novel, already brought to the screen in 1918, the film is produced by the Compañía Nacional Productora de Películas and was shot from November 1931, partly in Chimalistac. The optical sound is recorded using the process of the brothers Joselito and Roberto Rodríguez. The song “Santa” is written by Agustín Lara. The premiere takes place on 30 March 1932 at the Palacio de Mexico cinema, and the film stays on the bill for several weeks.
Who it is for
A melodrama of one hour twenty minutes, with the sound of the early talkies; adapted from a novel, it can be followed without having read it.
Prizes and reception
The first sound feature film of Mexico and Latin America, a box-office success that launched the national industry; ranked among the hundred best Mexican films.
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