''Siboney'' is a Mexican-Cuban

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Juan Orol Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as ''The Kin ...

. It was filmed in 1938 and released in 1942 and starring

María Antonieta Pons Maria Antonieta Pons (November 6, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – August 20, 2004 in Mexico City) was a Cuban-born Mexican film actress and dancer. She was the first actress in the ''Rumberas films'' in the 1940s and 1950s, in the Golden Age of Mexican ...

and Juan Orol.

Plot

In 1868, while develops the

Cuban War of Independence The Cuban War of Independence (), fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). The final three months ...

, Gaston de Montero (

), a noble Spanish knight, rescues a young girl named Siboney (

) and he helps her to become in a successful dancer. Over time, she discovers that she is the daughter of a prominent aristocrat.

Cast

... ''Siboney'' *

... ''Gastón de Montero'' * Chela Castro ... ''Caridad'' * Luisa María Morales ... ''Ligia'' * Oscar Lombardo ... ''Ricardo'' * Celina ... ''Santerian''

Reviews

''Siboney'' is the first film by the Spanish director Juan Orol with his second film muse, María Antonieta Pons. With Mexican production, the film was shot in Cuba, inspired by the theme song '' Siboney'' of

Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (; August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as ...

. For this film were used scenes of the Galician Center of Havana. The motto of this film was ''a distinct Cuban film''. ''Siboney'' was considered the first film of the called

Rumberas film The Rumberas film (in Spanish, Cine de rumberas) was a film genre that flourished in Mexico, in the so-called Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. Its main stars were the so-called '' rumberas'', dancers of Afro-Caribbean musical r ...

of the

Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( es, Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1930 and 1969 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production, quality and economic success of its ...

References

External links

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''El Veraz: María Antonieta Pons: The Queen of the Tropics''
1942 films 1940s historical films Mexican black-and-white films Mexican historical films Rumberas films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Juan Orol Films set in the 19th century Cuban historical films Cuban black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub