''La casa del pelícano'' ("The House of the Pelican") is a 1976 Mexican
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...
. It was shot in 1976 and released in 1977. Main themes of this film are
rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ag ...
and
difficult possessive relationship between mother and her son.
Young
Enrique Álvarez Félix
Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 24 May 1996) was a Mexican actor, known for his roles in telenovelas and in films, such as '' The Monastery of the Vultures'' and '' The House of the Pelican''.
Family and personal life
Enrique Álvare ...
played Nilo in this film. This was his most famous film role. Nilo was castrated at the end of the film, and this was interesting for some spectators who noticed that Enrique had a difficult relationship with his mother in his real life.
This film was based on the play ''
Nilo, mi hijo'' by
Antonio González Caballero
Antonio González Caballero () (1927–2003) was a Mexican painter, pedagogue and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play ''Nilo, mi hijo''. Famous film ''La Casa del Pelícano'' is based on it.
He was born in San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...
.
Plot
Elementary school teacher Margarita Ramírez tries to make her life beautiful once again with her son Nilo. He is a result of a rape in a distant city, but Margarita
loves him nonetheless.
Nilo, the son of
the madman of the city, tries to grow up in a common way, but his
mother overprotects him and raise him away from other people.
Cast
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Jacqueline Andere
María Esperanza Jacqueline Andere-Aguilar (born August 20, 1938) is a Mexican actress.
Life and career
Andere was born in a Jewish family located Mexico City on August 20 1938. Her appearances in telenovelas began with 1960's '' Vida por Vid ...
as Margarita Ramírez, a beautiful woman who bore Nilo after she was raped
*
Enrique Álvarez Félix
Enrique Álvarez Félix (5 April 1934 – 24 May 1996) was a Mexican actor, known for his roles in telenovelas and in films, such as '' The Monastery of the Vultures'' and '' The House of the Pelican''.
Family and personal life
Enrique Álvare ...
as Nilo Ramírez, Margarita's son; he is not free in his life. At the end, he was
castrated
Castration is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which an individual loses use of the testicles: the male gonad. Surgical castration is bilateral orchiectomy (excision of both testicles), while chemical castration uses pharmaceut ...
by his mother.
[''Dictionary of Mexican Literature''. Edited by Eladio Cortes.]
*
Isabela Corona
Isabela Corona''Cronología de Teatro en México - 1926/10 (in Spanish) (July 2, 1913 – July 8, 1993) was a Mexican actress. She debuted during the first decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Biography
Isabela Corona was born as Refugi ...
as Clementina
*
Rosa Furman
Rosa Furman Epstein (25 October 1930 – 29 October 1999) was a Mexican actress.
Career
Furman was born in Mexico City to Favy Furman Jaitzer of Mogilev, Belarus, and Sulamita Epstein Lamdansky of Visoki-Dvor, Lithuania. She was raised in Pa ...
as Amelia
*
Carlos Agostí
Carlos Agostí (July 3, 1922 – December 13, 2002) was a Spanish-born Mexican film actor.uncle
An uncle is usually defined as a male relative who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Uncles who are related by birth are second-degree relatives. The female counterpart of an uncle is an aunt, and the reciprocal relat ...
of Margarita
* Mónica Prado as Aurelia
*
Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo (born Teresa Presmanes Corona; 27 August 1959) is a Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess. During her career, she has sold 17 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists.
Biography
Born Teresa Presman ...
as Engracia – Young and lovely woman
* Marta Zamora as Serafina
* Carlos Romo as Federico
* Federico Falcón as Domingo, Nilo's father
* Carlos Rotzinger
* León Singer
* Roberto Montiel as Honorio, Margarita's fiancé
* Carlos Villarreal
* Patricia Arredondo
* Cecilia Leger as Justina
See also
*
Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of both the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. It differs from castration, which is the removal of the testicles only, although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. The potential medical ...
* ''
Nilo, mi hijo''
References
External links
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La Casa del Pelícano'
{{DEFAULTSORT:Casa del Pelicano
1976 films
1970s thriller drama films
Mexican thriller drama films
1970s Spanish-language films
Castration
Mexican films based on plays
Films set in Mexico
Films shot in Mexico
Films about mental health
1976 drama films
1978 drama films
1978 films
1970s Mexican films