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El niño de las monjas

1944

A gentle old-fashioned melodrama that moves slowly through convent life and bullfighting, tugging at the heart without much urgency.

Directed by
Julio Villarreal, Mario del Río
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Luis Procuna, Ángel Garasa, Janet Alcoriza
Overview
It tells the story of a boy from an orphanage, raised in a convent, who saves a young woman who supports the institution from being gored by a bull, and later leaves the convent to follow the girl he had helped and to become a bullfighter.

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Directed by
Julio Villarreal, Mario del Río
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Luis Procuna, Ángel Garasa, Janet Alcoriza
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • faith
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Julio Villarreal, Mario del Río
Written by
Mario del Río, Sebastián Gabriel Rovira
Starring
Luis Procuna, Ángel Garasa, Janet Alcoriza, Blanca Estela Pavón, Asunción Casal, José Pidal, Alejandro Cobo, Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
Cinematography
Agustín Martínez Solares
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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