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Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican
film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring
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, and directed many major stars, including
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or Flor Silvestre. He directed the film '' Ánimas Trujano'' (1961) for which he was nominated for an
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for
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. Rodríguez's most renowned international film is ''
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'', in which
Pedro Infante Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera music singer and actor, whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema. His popularity spread across Latin America. Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa ...
starred alongside
María Félix María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s an ...
. For this role, Infante won the
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at the
7th Berlin International Film Festival The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957. The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' 12 Angr ...
. He died on 7 August 2004 at the age of 87.


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* 1917 births 2004 deaths Mexican film directors Golden Ariel Award winners People from Mexico City Deaths from respiratory failure {{Mexico-film-director-stub