''Pedro Páramo'' is a 1967 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

Carlos Velo Carlos Velo (15 November 1909 – 10 March 1988) was a Spanish film director. He directed 45 films between 1934 and 1983. His 1956 film '' Torero!'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Selected filmography * '' ...

. It was entered into the

1967 Cannes Film Festival The 20th Cannes Film Festival took place from 27 April to 12 May 1967. Italian filmmaker Alessandro Blasetti served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the fetival's main prize, ...

. It is based on the short novel of the

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Cast

John Gavin John Gavin (born Juan Vincent Apablasa; April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor and diplomat who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–1973), and the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–1986). Among the fil ...

as Pedro Páramo *

Ignacio López Tarso Ignacio López Tarso (born Ignacio López López; 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023) was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the ...

as Fulgor Sedano *

Pilar Pellicer María del Pilar Pellicer López de Llergo (12 February 1938 – 16 May 2020) was a Mexican actress. At the 17th Ariel Awards, she won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film '' La Choca'' (1974). Biography Pilar wa ...

as Susana San Juan * Carlos Fernández as Juan Preciado *

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as Ana Rentería * Graciela Doring as Damiana Cisneros *

Augusto Benedico Augusto Benedico (December 20, 1909 – January 19, 1992), born Augusto Pérez Lias, was a Mexican actor of Spanish origin best known for his role as "Don Alberto Salvatierra" in the soap opera ''Los ricos también lloran'' and his role as "Don ...

as Padre Rentería *

Beatriz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (12 June 1923 – 30 April 2006), was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she w ...

as Eduviges Diada * Claudia Millán as Dolores Preciado *

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 Aukštadvaris, Lithuania. She was raised in P ...

as Dorotea la Cuarraca *

Joaquín Martínez Joaquín Martínez (November 5, 1930 – January 3, 2012) was a Mexican film, television, and theatre actor. Often appearing in Westerns, Martínez had roles in '' Jeremiah Johnson'', in which he played a Crow chief, and '' Ulzana's Raid'', whic ...

as Abundio Martínez *

Jorge Russek Jorge Antonio Russek Martínez (4 January 1932 – 30 July 1998) was a Mexican actor, whose career in film and television spanned over 40 years. A native of Guaymas, Sonora, he became one of the most prominent actors in Mexican cinema and appeare ...

as El Tilcuate *

Eric del Castillo J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván (born 22 July 1934) is a Mexican actor of theater, film and television who has dabbled as a screenwriter, director and arguer film, beginning his career in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early yea ...

as Perseverancio * Amparo Villegas as Madre Villa * Graciela Lara *

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as Saltaperico

Production

John Gavin was best known for appearing in films produced by

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. He had a Mexican mother and said he made this film "so I could make something I was proud of". He was first asked to make the film by Fuentes in 1962. Gavin:

In Mexico, ''Pedro Páramo'' is as important as ''Don Quixote'' is in Spain. This may sound grandiose but it can be compared with Dante's ''Divine Inferno'' or Goethe's ''Faust''. It is the journey of a young man in search of his father but, as an allegory, it is man in search of himself... It's the biggest Mexican film ever made.

Release

The film was released in the US in 1967.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro Paramo 1967 films 1967 drama films Mexican drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1960s Spanish-language films Films set in the 1900s Films directed by Carlos Velo Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1960s Mexican films Mexican Revolution films Films based on Mexican novels Films with screenplays by Carlos Fuentes Films based on works by Juan Rulfo