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Letters From Marusia
''Letters from Marusia'' ( es, Actas de Marusia) is a 1975 Mexican film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a Patricio Manns novel (1974) inspired by the Marusia massacre of 1925. Cast * Gian Maria Volonté - Gregorio * Diana Bracho - Luisa * Claudio Obregón - Capt. Troncoso * Eduardo López Rojas - Domingo Soto * Patricia Reyes Spíndola - Rosa * Salvador Sánchez - Sebastian * Ernesto Gómez Cruz - Crisculo 'Medio Juan' * Arturo Beristáin - Arturo * Silvia Mariscal - Margarita * Alejandro Parodi - Espinoza * Patricio Castillo - Tte. Gaínza See also * List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Mexico has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957. The awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Littín
Miguel Ernesto Littin Cucumides (born 9 August 1942) is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He was born to a Palestinian father, Hernán Littin and a Greek mother, Cristina Cucumides. Career Miguel Littin directed ''El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema. Littin was exiled in México shortly after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup, which ousted President Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. His 1973 film '' The Promised Land'' was entered into the Cannes Film Festival, New York film festival and the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In México he directed several films: * ''Letters from Marusia'', based on a miners strike in Chile. ''Letters from Marusia'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. * ''El Recurso del Método'' (''Long Live the President'') based on Alejo Carpentier's novel '' El Recurso del método'' (''Reasons of State''); a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |