El evangelio de las maravillas
1998 film
- 25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
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El evangelio de las maravillas ("The Gospel of the Marvels") is a 1998 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers led by Papá Basilio (Rabal) and Mamá Dorita (Jurado). They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa (Gurrola) the signals of the chosen one. The young girl will be the new leader in "La Nueva Jerusalem".
Cast
- Francisco Rabal as Papá Basilio
- Katy Jurado as Mamá Dorita
- Flor Eduarda Gurrola as Tomasa (as Edwarda Gurrola)
- Carolina Papaleo as Nélida
- Bruno Bichir as Gavilán
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Micaela
- Rafael Inclán
- Rodrigo Ostap as Fidel
- Angelina Peláez as Elodia
- Gina Morett as Rita
- Juan Carlos Colombo
- Rafael Velasco as Mateo
- Marta Aura
- Asunción Balaguer as woman in the congregation
- Teresa Mondragón
- Julieta Egurrola as Tomasa's mother
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: El evangelio de las maravillas". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
External links
- El evangelio de las maravillas at IMDb
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Films directed by Arturo Ripstein
- Tiempo de morir (1966)
- The Castle of Purity (1972)
- The Holy Office (1974)
- Foxtrot (1976)
- La Viuda Negra (1977)
- The Place Without Limits (1978)
- La Tía Alejandra (1979)
- Seduction (1981)
- The Realm of Fortune (1986)
- Love Lies (1989)
- Woman of the Port (1991)
- The Beginning and the End (1993)
- The Queen of the Night (1994)
- Deep Crimson (1996)
- El evangelio de las maravillas (1998)
- No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)
- Such Is Life (2000)
- El carnaval de Sodoma (2006)
- The Reasons of the Heart (2011)
- Bleak Street (2015)
- Devil Between the Legs (2019)
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