''La Madre María'' is a 1974

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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directed by

Lucas Demare Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter, and film producer notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema and beyond. Biogr ...

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La Madre María is based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a renowned Argentina

faith healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

(1854-1928). The film begins with an old Madre Maria on trial for quackery and deceit. On a series of flashbacks, her life is told, starting with a visit María paid to another famous Argentina faith healer, Pancho Sierra. Pancho Sierra instructs Madre María to continue his work by helping the poor and praying with the sick. After her husband's death, Madre María establishes a mission or co-op in La Rioja Street in Buenos Aires. She teaches women how to sew, delivers food to the hungry, pays the debts of the poor. She prays with the sick and teaches a simple gospel of faith in God. After the medical establishment begins to use the police and the judicial system to stop her work, María is exiled in Turdera, near Buenos Aires, where she starts her work among the poor and the sick one more time. She starts an orphanage and defends the workers from police brutality. Maria's defense prevails in the trial, and a cheering crowd receives her in her home, but she faints and shortly after dies. The final scene shows a solemn funeral procession taking María's casket to the cemetery.

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Tita Merello Laura Ana "Tita" Merello (11 October 1904 – 24 December 2002) was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. In her six decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filme ...

as Madre María * José Slavin *

Hugo Arana Hugo Arana (23 July 1943 – 11 October 2020) was an Argentine film, television, and theatre actor. Life Arana was born on 23 July 1943. He grew up in Monte Grande where his parents were farmers and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and ...

Patricia Castell Patricia Castell, born Ovidia Amanda Paramidani Padín (25 April 1926 – 29 September 2013), was an Argentine actress, appearing on radio, television and in films. Born in Avellaneda in 1926, her career began in the 1940s and lasted for more tha ...

* María José Demare *

Alejandra Da Passano María Alejandra Ana Da Passano (26 July 1947 – 30 June 2014), better known as Alejandra Da Passano, was an Argentines, Argentine actress of film, Stage (theatre), stage and television. Her best known films were ''El Señor Presidente'' (19 ...

* Adrian Ghio * Tina Serrano * Fernando Labat * Bernardo Perrone * Adriana Parets * Cristina Murta * Carlos Muñoz * Marta Gam *

Diana Ingro Susana Unía (26 October 1917 – 23 March 2017), known professionally as Diana Ingro, was an Argentine actress known for starring in '' By the Sweat of Your Brow'' (1949), ''Muerte civil'' (1954), '' The Cicada Is Not a Bug'' (1963), and ''Extra ...

* Horacio Nicolai * Héctor Gance * Rey Charol * Sara Bonet * Marcelo José * Inés Murray * Rogelio Romano

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* 1974 films Argentine drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Lucas Demare 1970s Argentine films Films about faith healing 1974 drama films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub

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