''Ash Wednesday'' () is a 1958 Mexican

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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Roberto Gavaldón Roberto Gavaldón (June 7, 1909 in Jiménez, Chihuahua – September 4, 1986 in Mexico City) was a Mexican film director. Eight of Gavaldón's films were featured on the list 100 Best Movies of the Cinema of Mexico. His 1958 film ''Ash Wednes ...

. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

Victoria (

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 and ...

) was attacked in her youth by a Catholic priest. Years later she is a famous prostitute and hates everything related to the Catholic Church. She falls in love with Dr. Federico Lamadrid (

Arturo de Córdova Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films. Biography Career Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May ...

), a hidden priest during the

Cristero War The Cristero War (), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or , was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularism, secularist and anti-clericalism, anticler ...

Cast

as Victoria Rivas *

as Dr. Federico Lamadrid * Víctor Junco as José Antonio * Rodolfo Landa as El Violador * Andrea Palma as Rosa, amiga de Victoria * María Rivas as Silvia * María Teresa Rivas as Elvira *

David Reynoso David Reynoso Flores (29 January 1926 – 9 June 1994) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 170 films and television shows between 1955 and 1994. He was also a federal deputy from 1979 to 1982, representing the Federal District's seven ...

as Enrique, coronel * Carlos Fernández as Carlos * Enrique García Álvarez as Padre Gonzalez * Luis Aragón as General cristero * Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Mujer del burdel * Arturo Soto Rangel as Notario *

Cuco Sánchez José Refugio "Cuco" Sánchez Saldaña (3 May 1921 – 5 October 2000) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. Sánchez was one of Mexico's most popular singers and recorded most of his singles and studio albums for Columbia ...

as Soldado cantante * Arturo Castro 'Bigotón' as Borracho

References

External links

* 1958 films 1950s Spanish-language films 1958 drama films Mexican black-and-white films Films directed by Roberto Gavaldón Films about Catholicism Films about rape in Mexico Mexican drama films 1950s Mexican films Cristero War films {{1950s-Mexico-film-stub