''Los Fernández de Peralvillo'' is a 1954 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Galindo. The film is based in the play of Juan H. Durán and Casahonda. It stars Sara García, Victor Parra, and David Silva.

Synopsis

Mario is a fatherless and lives in Peralvillo with his two sisters and his mother. As he has no studies, he is related to some thugs, with whom he becomes rich and powerful. However, Mario ends up despising his people, and little by little, loneliness takes over him. One night, intending to make amends, he takes a walk around Peralvillo, his old neighborhood, but fate prepares to collect his debts, and there he meets a guy he despised long ago, who ends his life.

Prizes and awards

''Los Fernández de Peralvillo'' received six

Ariel Award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...

s, included Best Movie and Best Director. The movie also received nine nominations.

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* 1954 films 1950s Spanish-language films Best Picture Ariel Award winners Mexican black-and-white films Mexican crime films 1954 crime films 1950s Mexican films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub