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Paloma herida

1963 · 85 min

A somber, deliberate drama that unfolds through withheld testimony, carrying a quiet tension and a heavy sense of injustice.

Directed by
Emilio Fernández
Genres
Drama
Starring
Patricia Conde, Emilio Fernández, Andrés Soler
Overview
Paloma is a young blonde indigenous woman who arrives in a coastal town and goes to the local cantina to murder Danilo Zeta in cold blood. But the young woman is captured and, upon being tried in the public square of Puerto San José, she refuses to speak. In prison, after giving birth to a child, Judge Justo and her wife Amalia encourage her to tell them her past.

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Directed by
Emilio Fernández
Genres
Drama
Starring
Patricia Conde, Emilio Fernández, Andrés Soler
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • identity
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Emilio Fernández
Starring
Patricia Conde, Emilio Fernández, Andrés Soler, Noé Murayama, Georgia Quental, Columba Domínguez, Raúl Ferrer, Alberto Martínez
Music
Antonio Díaz Conde
Cinematography
Raúl Martínez Solares
Runtime
85 min
Country
Guatemala, Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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