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Madre Alegría

1950 · 69 min

A quiet, earnest melodrama of faith and maternal love, unfolding slowly with gentle emotional weight and old-fashioned sincerity.

Overview
The mother superior of a convent raises an abandoned girl and after twenty years the repentant biological mother returns.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • parenthood
  • faith
  • family
  • redemption
  • guilt
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ricardo Núñez
Written by
Ricardo Núñez, Sebastián Rives, Alberto Larrambebere
Starring
Amalia Sánchez Ariño, Alberto Bello, Golde Flami, Miguel Gómez Bao, Norma Giménez, Alberto de Mendoza, María Santos, Graciela Lezica
Cinematography
Humberto Peruzzi
Runtime
69 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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