A mysterious woman is asleep in a bar.
Month: May 2020
Álamos, Sonora and María Félix
A virtual tour of Álamos, Sonora the birthplace of María Félix.
French Cancan (1955)
French Cancan is a film with limited appeal.
Miguel Mihura
Miguel Mihura divides opinion
Sonatas (1959)
Sonatas is a slow and befuddling film.
What Adela Says…
I have re-read Adela Fernández’s memoir-biography* of her father, El Indio Fernández: vida y mito (1986) paying particular attention to mentions of María Félix, subject of my current project. Adela Fernández y Fernández (1942-2013) was an author, scriptwriter, and director who, at the time of writing her father’s biography was estranged from her father, Emilio…